Let The Memorial Hill Remember
Let the memorial hill remember instead of me,that's what it's here for.
Let the par in-memory-of remember,let the street that's-named-for remember,let the well-known building remember,let the synagogue that's named after God rememberlet the rolling Torah scroll remember, let the prayerfor the memory of the dead remember.
Let the flags rememberthose multicolored shrouds of history: the bodies they wrappedhave long since turned to dust.
Let the dust remember.
Let the dung remember at the gate.
Let the afterbirth remember.
Let the beasts of the field and birds of the heavens eat and remember.
Let all of them remember so that I can rest.
Yehuda Amichai
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