Does It Haae A Meaning? Poem by gershon hepner

“Does it have a meaning? ”
they ask. He answers them with gall.
“I hope it doesn’t, but it will occur again,
and you will see once more what happened then,
as surely as the leaves that fall
when browning follows greening.
Men are like trees, the Bible says,
doomed sans divine majestic lèse.”


Richard Eder reviews 'Preempting the Holocaust, ' by Lawrence L. Langer (Yale University Press) in a book review in the LA Times (November 22,1998) . He quotes Raul Hilberg who, when asked whether the Holocaust had any meaning, answered: “I hope not.”


11/22/98