For some crimes there is never enough justice.   That Eichmann attempted to make the case that simply following orders somehow exonerated his deeds has always struck me as horrific.

Eichmann's Finale
by Michael Romani

Shattered echoes fill the mind
As reminders of times behind
A man's hatred does not disarm
The subtleties of his off putting charm

His evil is disguised in its banality
While each death bears its commonality
It seems a denial of our social sanity
As the butcher's knife cuts strings with humanity

A countless list of all the lost
Each such priceless and beyond cost
Justice offered in restitution
Often falls just short of retribution

Payback offers closure but also further trauma
For persons so injured that they lose themselves in karma
Wrapped up in the truth of identity
Is that necessity of truth's core simplicity

(c) September 2, 2018  Michael Romani
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