“Nazis” Prose by Mort Laitner

PublishedAugust 17, 2017 Post authormortlaitner@bellsouth.net

“Nazis”

On the phone, my son said, “Dad, if they come to Oregon, I’m ready to fight.”

I wanted to reassure him he had nothing to fear.

I wanted to say, “Son, don’t worry. It can’t happen here. Especially not in Oregon.”

But I said, “Son, things have changed. Haters have become empowered and emboldened.”

I wanted to say, “Son, there is a reason that your family possesses a Glock, a Remington rifle with a high-powered scope and a Browning semiautomatic shotgun.

But then my tongue and lips froze—as my brain glowed in the yellow light of a hundred Tiki torches.

My nostrils burned—scorched by the nauseating smell of oil, citronella and crematorium.

My mouth tasted history repeating itself.

Hundreds of young men with hate-filled eyes—screamed, “JEWS WILL NOT REPLACE US!” as they streamed down the streets of Charlottesville or was it Nuremberg.

Hundreds of young “America First” men snorting, “blood and soil” wanting to spill Jewish blood on Virginia soil.

Hundreds of young “unmasked men” yelled, Sieg Heil! while extending their right arm from their neck into the air with a straightened hand.

Hundreds of clean-cut young white men gripping self-drawn swastika shields scoured the crowd for victims to beat.

Hundreds of gun-toting, screaming anti-Semites goose-stepped past a Charlottesville synagogue.

As a Rabbi rushed the Torah scrolls out the back door—Nazi websites instructed the marching mob to torch the temple.

I remembered those eyes and sneers as they screamed obscenities at an eight-year-old black girl trying to enter an all white school.

I recalled those eyes staring at a lynched black body hanging from the limb of a hundred-year-old oak.

Book-burning eyes reflecting yellow flames off of broken street glass.

Hundreds of young white men channeling their hatred through their swollen blood-filled lips, neck veins and fists, as they weaponize their spear-like placards and fast moving cars.

On the phone, my voice returned, “Son, a young peace-loving white women died tonight, you better get ready to fight.”

Dedicated to Heather Heyer—RIP (1985-2017)

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What the readers are saying:

This is a beautiful piece. My heart has been hurting for you all.—Crisia

Very beautiful. We know history, we know how the old story ended before, but at this moment we have the power to create how it will end now. And now millions will not stand for it.
Very beautifully written.—Alyssa

This struck me. I’m not Jewish, but I lived near white supremacists who thought I was. I would also like to share this, if I might.—Ian

‘My mouth tasted history repeating itself’. So powerful.—Gail

Thank you for the email. I cringe when I see what is taking place. I felt like we went in a loving direction for a number of years, but then, in a few months, its like the years were erased!—David

Wow – this is brilliant. How incredibly sad that this is relevant today! By the way, at this point guns are a necessity. MAKE RACISTS AFRAID AGAIN.
peace,—Cynthia

Thank you for the prose “Nazis”. Your parents suffered and mine too and others who were in Indonesia suffered in the Japanese concentration camps. Growing up, we learned to not throw out food etc. Why can people not be kind and gentle. It is possible. I just talked about this with a friend.—Marieanne

Mort, I am so sorry for the awful and frightening rise of hate in our country. I do believe that the majority of people have good will for all of our sisters and brothers. I hope we can overcome this terrible period in our history. We stand with you and your family! Gerri

Awesome!! can you post it on Facebook and tag me please so I can share it.

xo Devorah

Thank you for writing and sharing that.—Shannon

What a great peace of work. My favourite part ” my lips froze…my brain glowed…I love to share this Mort. Can I pass it on? I am Catholic every -one things I am Jewish . I have many Jewish friends.—Gina

Thanks for sharing

Stunningly powerful.— Heather

Beautiful!!!—Caro

That it has come to this ….again.—Cherylynn

Brilliant—Ron

Mort is my cousin’s husband. His parents had first hand experience with Nazi’s and his words are very profound at this time. Our president is a Racist and has encouraged the kind of hateful display we saw in Charlottesville this past weekend. We as a society have an obligation to stop this now! Stand up in protest and resist this administration that propagates the most dangerous rhetoric since Hitler.—Aimee

I’m a Jew from Israel, and when we watched those videos, it was like a knife in our hearts.—Lia

Mort-Spot on!—Richard

Wow, applause emoji. Chazz

Excellent , Mort Thank you for your poem “Nazis”. Hannah

Is this making America great? I don’t think it is, more like make America hate again. So very sad.—Liz

NEVER AGAIN!!!!—Steve

Exactly that is my point. They will not take us back ever again.—Authur

I’m ready to fight!!!—Blake

You live in a scary country, mate—Chris

May I post this?—Fahim

Beautiful. Can I share it.—Tam

Be safe dear one.
Your parents are always in my heart.—Judy

Mort… Normally, we do allow political or social commentary on the site. This, however, can be considered an essay and I will let it stay, with the understanding that if anyone chooses to report it I may delete it. I hope they will not as expressions in our writing are important to convey and I hope commentary will be for the message of hope not the components of hate.—Deborah

It is a sad time in America.—Barbara

Very well written and so vivid.—Gene

Crazy time… and a sad commentary.—Terri

Could I share this on my personal page via screenshots?—Courney

Great!!—Cari

Oh, That really is good.—Gail

They came to Barcelona yesterday. You just didn’t call them Nazis.—Bill

Powerful.—Katherine

Excellent!—Gail

Mort, I love you.— David

Brilliant depiction of the scum that infiltrate society worldwide in tidal waves of ignorance hate and aggression, and currently invading pockets of the USA like a virus, a bacteria, a disease as a reflection of human insanity.—Bruce
Everything has been politicized. Absolutely everything. Wherever you go, whatever you do, you can’t escape it. This is poison.—Lazar

Good poem, Mort; I did not know that you had an arsenal at home. It should receive wide distribution, and not only in the Jewish community. Best,—Ulrich

August 17, 2017

The Ninth Man and the Tenth Women—Boris and Natasha in the Tower—Episode 7

PublishedAugust 1, 2017 Post authormortlaitner@bellsouth.net

BREAKING NEWS

CNN HAS JUST LEARNED THAT THERE WERE TWO MORE OMINOUS LOOKING RUSSIANS IN ATTENDANCE AT THE PRE-ELECTION TRUMP TOWER CONFERENCE ROOM.

THE TWO DISCUSSED ADOPTIONS WITH THE PRESIDENT’S SON, HIS CAMPAIGN MANAGER, HIS TOP POLITICAL ADVISOR AND HIS SON-IN-LAW.

SPECIFICALLY, HOW TO “ADOPT” A SYSTEM TO RIG AMERICAN ELECTIONS.

UNNAMED SOURCES ADVISED CNN THAT THE NINTH MAN WAS SHORT, WITH A ROUNDISH FACE, A TINY MOUSACHE AND AN EVIL SMILE.
THE MAN WAS DRESSED IN BLACK.

HE WORE A FORDORA HAT AND SHOULD BE EASY TO IDENTIFY DUE TO THE FACT THAT HE ONLY HAS FOUR FINGERS ON EACH OF HIS HANDS.

THE TENTH PERSON IN THE ROOM WAS A SKINNY BRUNETTE, WEARING A TIGHT STRAPLESS BLUE DRESS, BLACK HEELS, A LONG UNIBROW AND A COY SMILE.

When CNN questioned the Son-In-Law about these two nefarious looking individuals.
Jared admitted, “They both had thick Russian accents. All they offered us were photographs:

Bill glaring at Monica in her cute red beret;
Hillary scarfing down a slice of pepperoni in some pizza joint;
Hillary hugging Vince Foster.

They promised that they would flood the internet with the pictures a few days before the election.

All we had to do was provide them with the email addresses of gullible voters in swing states.”

None of the President’s team, on the advice of counsel, would confirm if those voters lists were tendered to the Russian agents.

Dedicated to the memory of June Foray (1917-2017)

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