When time stood still - physical theatre performed to poem by Michael Rosen called 'Oscar and Rachel in the Cattle Truck' imagining their journey to Auschwitz

What did you think,
as you and Rachel
sat on the floor of the cattle truck
as it left Paris?
Did you think of the watches
and clocks you had mended ?
Did you think of the tiny springs
and wheels?
You with your magnifying glass
in your eye poring over the works
so that a Monsieur or a Madame
could tell the time,
correct to the exact second?
Did you think of the smell of the sea
and the push of a boat against
the waves?
How you and Rachel
would stand on the deck
the wind in your faces
as you sailed away?
Did you look
through the gaps in the slats
on the side of the truck?
Did you see farmers in fields?
Women selling clothes in a market?
Did you call out?
Did you push your hands through the gaps?
Did the night come creeping in?
Did you see a light from a window
where people sat and
ate their evening meal?
Did you see in the dark
horror on Rachel's face?
Did she see horror on yours?
Did you shut her eyes?
Did she shut yours?
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