Ernst Toller

Here you will find the Poem Corpses In The Woods of poet Ernst Toller

Corpses In The Woods

A dung heap of rotting corpses: 
Glazed eyes, bloodshot, 
Brains split, guts spewed out
The air poisoned by the stink of corpses 
A single awful cry of madness. 

Oh, women in France, 
Women of Germany 
Regard your menfolk! 
They fumble with torn hands 
For the swollen bodies of their enemies, 
Gestures, stiff in death, become the touch of brotherhood, 
Yes, they embrace each other, 
Oh, horrible embrace! 

I see and see and am struck dumb 
Am I a beast, a murderous dog? 
Men violated 
Murdered.