The Finger Game
Childhood Remixed!
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He was a tall man who looked slim and fit in His spotless uniform What a contrast to us, who were untidy and grimy after our long journey! He had assumed an attitude of careless ease Supporting his right elbow with his left hand His right hand was lifted And with the forefinger of that hand he pointed very leisurely To the right or to the left None of us had the slightest idea of the sinister Meaning behind that little movement of a man's Finger, pointing now to the right and now to the left But far more frequently to the left It was my turn Somebody whispered to me That to be sent to the right side would mean work, the Way to the left being for the sick and those incapable of work Who would be sent to a special camp I just waited for things to take their course, the first of many such times to come My haversack Weighed me down a bit to the left But I made an effort to walk upright The SS man looked me over Appeared to hesitate, then put both his hands on my shoulders I tried very hard to look smart, and He turned my shoulders very slowly until I faced right And I moved over to that side The significance of the finger game was explained to us in the evening It was the first selection, the First verdict made on our existence or non-existence For the great majority of our transport, about 90 per cent, it meant death Their sentence was carried out within the next few hours Those who Were sent to the left were marched from the station straight to the crematorium We who were saved, the minority of our transport Found out the truth in the evening I inquired from prisoners who had been there for some time Where my colleague and friend P had been sent "Was he sent to the left side?" "Yes," I replied "Then you can see him there," I was told "Where?" A hand pointed to the chimney a few hundred yards off Which was sending a column of Flame up into the grey sky of Poland It dissolved into a sinister cloud of smoke "That's where your friend is, floating up to Heaven," was the answer But I still did not understand Until the truth was explained to me in plain words But I am telling things out of their turn From a psychological point of view, we had a long, long way In front of us from the break of that dawn at the station Until our first night's rest at the camp
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