Larry Jaffe

Making Lampshades

Hands caress skin,

sorting perfect backs

sans freckle and blemish

for perfect lamps shining

bright into darkness.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Installations - "Das Buchenwald Projekt" The Buchenwald Project
Installation in the memorial of Buchenwald, 1994 ©Tina Stolt 2000

 

Picture Nazi lamp makers,

divine artistes keeping lights

on for the Nazi Republic.

 

–carefully laying out hides

scored of Jewish flesh…

 

Magnifying lenses wave  

from cadaverous skulls

meticulously searching

for flaw and scar..

 

Hands caress skin,

sorting perfect backs

sans freckle and blemish

for perfect lamps shining

bright into darkness.

 

Nazi craftsmen drink beer,

smoke cigarettes, joke as their

ash spills on skin…

 

— only making lampshades…

 

Dismissing thoughts of

carcass stripped bare

of hide, filigree gold

melts from teeth

to make… lamps.

 

—  a religious eloquence, and human touch

 

Nazi artisans follow detailed

instructions on the assembly

of lampshades manufactured

of fine Jewish leather.

 

Courteous Nazi craftsmen

draw upon resources

concentrate on technique

quietly immortalize six million

Jews in light.

 


Creand Abajururi

(in romaneste de Andrei Dorian Gheorghe)

 

Facatorii de picturi naziste pe lampi,

actori divini intretinand lumini

pentru Republica Nazista.

 

-atent expunand piei

crestate din carne evreiasca…

 

Amplificand unda lentilelor

din cranii cadaverice,

cercetand meticulos

defecte si cicatrici…

 

Mainile mangaie piei,

sortand zone perfecte de spate

fara pistrui si pete

pentru lampi perfecte

stralucind in

intuneric.

 

Meseriasii nazisti beau bere,

fumeaza tigari, se joaca

respingator cu pieile…

 

-numai creandu-se abajururi

nu se ard trupuri…

 

Inlaturand gandurile despre

schelete despuiate

de piele la fel ca aurul filigran

topit dintre dinti

spre a face… lampi.

 

-elocventa religioasa si atingere omeneasca

 

Artizanii nazisti urmeaza detaliat

instructiunile pe ansamblul

abajururilor manufacturate

de piele fina evreiasca prelucrata.

 

Concisi meseriasii nazisti

atrag resurse

se concentreaza pe tehnica

imortalizeaza linistiti sase milioane

de evrei in lumina.

 

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