Claude Lanzmann the film director who made the seminal 16-hour epic holocaust film SHOAH died this week. This piece is dedicated to his memory
He pushed the door quietly
and tiptoed towards the boy
He was immersed in Grimm
and never heard daddy come in/
I am here again, at a familiar turning of the road, a quiet lull in the landscapeI have, it seems, come full circlebut since the circle is a spiralI find that looking back means looking downat things outgrown