NELLE 8 | 2025
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< classical Latin pax, stem pc-, parallel form of pg-, stem of pgina (also pag-, stem of pangere) to fix, fasten, see page
My mom tired, says, I was
cleaning house and need a rest before finishing, and begins:
During Kristallnacht, shops were broken into, smashed,
(“Did you see or hear it? ” No, I overheard people talk)
men in the family deported, everyone walking on eggs.
People trying to leave,
my aunt sent her children to England,
there was Save your Children . . .
besides my mother, there were two who survived.
Out ofthree brothers and two sisters, so one of each.
Heard fear in everyone’s voice terror
I scrawl terror terror terror and
draw cages around each entire word, add a
few rays