A wall in Kazimierz

Broken, mangled, scattered in disarray,
unearthed from layers of dust and sand:
fragments of memory of the deceased,
which fit together like a jigsaw puzzle.
A memorial wall for the dead,
for the eyes of the living.
Photo of the week: 16th cent. Jewish R’emuh Cemetery wall, Kazimierz, Krakow, Poland 2007

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