Dunera Boy The Levayah covered you in sand On foreign soil. The rabbi sang And crushed black ribbon in his hand. What celestial secrets learned at last? Why torpedoes sank or failed Or U-boats saw you there and sailed Or guards gave fruit to lonely men Consigned to camp in cattle-class. Some consolation for our days? Or confirmation of conceit, That mad belief that we are saved? No matter, you have earned your rest, The honours and the round applause. That Kristallnacht and Churchill’s ship Surrendered some of Europe’s best To our unwitting shores.