I Did Not See the Nazi

 I Did Not See the Nazi 

 

I did not see the Nazi 

For he was riding undercover 

Through farms and blocks and cities 

With neighbors, friends, and lovers 

 

I did not see the Nazi 

Though he was hiding in plain sight 

Wandering like a zombie 

With an old, Prussian blight 

 

I did not see the Nazi 

Though he was screaming with all his might 

For guns and God and glory 

For all the shades of white 

 

I did not see the Nazi 

When his eyes would betray his rage 

About some Semitic conspiracy 

And complicity on a global stage 

 

I did not see the Nazi 

When he was foaming at the mouth 

With fiery, fascist fury  

About his scapegoats farther south 

 

I did not see the Nazi 

When he shrieked about something east 

Their guns, their gods, their glory 

Or perhaps a different kind of priest 

 

I did not see the Nazi 

When he was looking for a fight 

With his disconnected posse 

And those he deemed alt-right 

 

I did not see the Nazi 

Marching with menacing might 

Like a crazed kamikaze 

Diving to defend divine right 

 

I did not see the Nazi 

Though he was standing in the light 

But now I see the Nazi 

In the dark and torchlit night