“Eroica”
~ remembering Stanisław Barańczak & his poem “Eroica”
~ “…holding a flagstaff, pushing a pram…”
~ Ukraine
“To seize one’s fate by the throat”
(Beethoven). But also to
feel one’s throat seized by a “fate”
one must escape, for the sake
of the children. And yet an
invading “great” power has
swollen the blood-horrific
puppet show of soldiers. These
attackers dangling from fate-
ful puppet strings bring on hate-
ful havoc; defenders stand
on honest feet—men’s courage
and hopes float invisibly
above their helmets like brave
candle flames. And …
