The New England Holocaust Memorial

The New England Holocaust Memorial:

"six million (w)holes for the wind to blow (k)no(w) through".

Boston, Massachusetts

...allow the unspeakable to draw its force from its own silence.

(Elie Wiesel)

Six million (w)holes speak individually and collectively.

A simple circular void, a single loss of substance,

multiplies to become

a myriad of mandela patterns, a glittering transparent screen,

a solid urban wall.

Six million (w)holes gently weave between the trees,

and through the box hedges and cross walks to form a wall

four hundred and sixty three feet long,

and nine feet high

At night the figural pattern reverses:

six million holes become six million souls

Six million (w)holes collectively create a serpent in a garden.

Silent and alive.