Absolutely paralyzed, what have I done? Invisibly cicatrized, going on the run My target is the river, so that the hound can't follow My former colleagues fed it with my DNA This creature That's not dead and not alive I feel its presence so near Flashing blue light and siren's screams The display that surround me Broadcast the chase like movie...Learn More

Emergency call, a reason to suspect attic Flashing blue light, sirens scream The salamander coughs to life We are marching out to burn To burn the unlawful books We arrive at an old house An aged woman opens the door Not trying to escape Standing still My colleagues rush past her The mechanical hound in front But the woman doesn't seem To fear...Learn More

One day later The fire chief comes to visit me He wants to check my health status And wants to know When I would return to work Right before I could answer He started to tell me the truth About our job The here and now Is not a sesult of the states' doctrine It was forced by the people itself It began as consumerism changed And everyone wanted...Learn More

After the fire chief left I am totally perplexed Was it true was he said? Is a book just an unimportant absurdity? The young girl comes to my mind She seemed to be so frank With an open heart for everything I can't resist no longer, I open a book and read Letter by letter - Word by word From the outset, there's so much going on in my head I feel...Learn More

Monday burn Plato Wednesday Spinoza Friday Nietzsche Burn 'em to ashes Then burn the ashes 451, the salamander These are our distinctive marks Black hair, black brows A fiery face We look like multiples I work at the firehouse since my 20th Birthday Like my father did Like my grandfather did I'm a fireman I'm not allowed to read That's against...Learn More

Opening the door to my house Words haunting through my head It's late at night I try to be quiet and calm To not awake my wife Entering the bedroom Darkness everywhere And a mosquitoesque Hum's in the air Unable to stand the silence She listens to something Something irrelevant Loud trivial noise This room looks like a tomb It seems so alien to...Learn More

It's autumn and the air is cold I'm on my way back home from work But this evening a strange feeling surrounds me I notice quiet sounds in the dark As I turn around I look into the eyes of a young girl We talk and chat Her questions - so naïve Though she seems to see through me She ask if firemen always burned books Because she heard about men...Learn More

How could this happen? This can't be real I can't play my role As if nothing happened I'll sham illness I can never do this job again My wife doesn't listen to my problem She's lost in her digital world This woman died for her firm conviction What is so wrong about reading?...Learn More

It's a desire to set a blaze See the fire rise The beauty of destruction Something turns from white into black Then it fades away So fascinating and so beyond belief It's in the nature of mankind to feel this way An inborn captivation In a time where reading is illegal And even having books is prohibited Literacy is oppressed The termination of...Learn More