Not a fan of flags/ the pacifist
He pleaded for a community of faces, at most.
When the war came, he was called up, is the Individualist.
“You must arm yourself and defend your country!“
(Where had he heard that before??!?)
During the war he crawled around a street corner and joined in there
his enemy together. It was from an old acquaintance
the school days. For a moment he saw more than that in this one
a friend: he saw in him an unnamed ally.
“His face is calling me! Even before his
name calls me! The antediluvian face!’
He sang this hymn, bevor der Andere ihn tötete.
(7.5.22)