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# What is the sound of a genocide? # What is the sound of a genocide?
Does a genocide sound like the judgement in court, Does a genocide sound like the judgement in court,<br>
the hammer come down, rustling paper and the jangle of keys; the hammer come down, rustling paper and the jangle of keys;<br>
now some of the guilty must pay for their crimes? now some of the guilty must pay for their crimes?<br>
Or does it sound like the screams of the victims, Or does it sound like the screams of the victims,<br>
the bullets, the gas and the anguish of people discarded; the bullets, the gas and the anguish of people discarded;<br>
the last whisper of breath of the last one to die? the last whisper of breath of the last one to die?<br>
Is it more like the clattering of trains on their tracks, Is it more like the clattering of trains on their tracks,<br>
the orders given, the bustle and then the final slam of the door the orders given, the bustle and then the final slam of the door<br>
as the people inside murmur their unease? as the people inside murmur their unease?<br>
Perhaps a genocide can be heard coming in the chorus of hate, Perhaps a genocide can be heard coming in the chorus of hate,<br>
escaping the shadows on roads paved with silence, escaping the shadows on roads paved with silence,<br>
as pens scratch on paper and plans come together? as pens scratch on paper and plans come together?<br>
Do you hear it in the voice of one who sees profit in division, Do you hear it echo in the voice of one who sees profit in division,<br>
the denial that such things ever happened, or could happen here, the denial that such things ever happened, or could happen here,<br>
or in the silent heart of one who looks upon another, and says, I -- or in the silent heart of one who looks upon another, and says, I --<br>
I am better. I am better.<br>