Adorno famously said "There is no poetry after Auschwitz".
That's how I feel after the release of the report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse in Ireland.
The findings are being discussed all over the country this week. My usual concerns seem inexpressibly trivial in the light of what these children went through.
The report is honest and detailed and its authors deserve praise. But it's too late. Most of the victims are long dead.
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ReplyDeleteSitting here seething, listening to chucks of arrogance.
my response is on my poetry blog, inadequate though.
All possible responses are inadequate but yours comes pretty close to adequacy. I'm putting a link here. Hope it works.
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