Saul Bennett
13
German,
his mother and father Hitler
refugees who disappeared
whenever a child entered their dark apartment
swapping comics
or to press a head against the war
adventure serials sparking from their dinette radio.
Unlike regular parents, they never gave out
milk or cookies but instead
hid,
even from their only child. Once,
Herman's father offered
an ashen head
from behind a corridor wall shushing!
us silent, although the radio was off
as we sat reading - so help me -
our funnies in incredible silence.