Value of Life

Suddenly the party is over,
Everyones breath falters -

So much is spoken, who still likes
Listening to all this dullness
Of catastrophes, nuclear tests, bombs,
Blood, oppression, explosions.
Lying and deceiving,
These hypocritical excursions
In word constructions,
Which make everything so digestible.

As long as one knows
his own blood and good secured;
Don't make him hot;
What he -

Seweso Bhopal Tripolis Beirut Soweto Tschnernobyl Basel Remscheid Baghdad Dubrovnik Hanau Mogadischu Mölln Sarajewo -

This little selection stands only as example.
How serious is it with the value of life?
A small, stupid accident in the neighbourhood -
and all selffooling declaration is in vain.

Suddenly the party is over,
Everyones breath falters -

From the radio still the last announcements
before the silence comes:

The catastrophe arose as a result of human failure.
This weak point will be definitely removed for ever.

® Antony