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Bialystok fireman’s tower
fireman’s tower
Fireman’s tower with a town clock described in a poem.
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Bialystok, I still picture you, in those stormy days,
In those days, when I, a refugee, was your guest.
I still envision the town clock atop the fireman’s tower.
Following Moscow standard time, it proclaimed loudly
to the street below:
You are no longer in control! In your stores, homes,
An alien sits, claiming he has liberated you.
Silently you close your doors, but above you, the
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