the nazi

The Nazi

He is old, lives behind tall walls, his garden is overgrown

Cats prowled for them in a perfect suburban jungle.

As a national socialist, he had fought in the wrong

side of the war, and when the war ended, he was jailed

in a war, he thought the West lost

As a young man, he had gone to Russia, where hunger

killed thousands of people, land workers who

Had died of starvation

Vidkun Quisling, a major in the army, Quisling and him

 Hated communism as evil.

The major, his friend, had been executed after the war

The old man had spent several years in prison.

He sat in his garden with « the cat on his lap

it was a fine spring

The garden is full of new life and death.

Lately, the tide had turned, and the conservatives ruled.

Perhaps he should walk outside or write about

his views, but he hesitated, it didn't matter

anymore he had served his time, and that was that