larchmere

Text (as in textile)

The text, ripped out, by itself, disconnected from its neighbors on the page
occasionally dripping blood from its edges....
still retains its power
Shema Yisrael Adonia Eloheinu Adonai Echad
witness
Torn from the rest
Treblinka, Auschwitz
Cossacks, Shtetls, medieval Passover blood rituals

Kosovo,
Rwanda
Cambodia
Armenians
Their texts laying on the blood soaked ground
Products of killing machines

Words
Texts
Witness.