they burned books in the square
words winging heaven wards,
angels tears dried in the heat
scalding in the rage from below.
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A very well written powerful write Paul. Wonderful lines. You are correct, the 'stiff arm salutes' men also burned a lot of Bibles among a list of other undesirable books. I remember a holocaust survivor commenting on the burning of books. What he said has always stuck with me. He said what scares him the most the burning of books is, those who burn books next start burning people. I have since seen this happen on later political landscapes.
With millions of people contributing towards the welfare of mankind, there are many who want to destroy our legacy earned during the past thousands of years. They can cause physical loss but can't destroy the ideas that have transformed the world or better. Thanks.