Playing for the Commandant (2014)
“It seemed that before Karl, I’d known nothing of life.
“Who cleared you to leave camp?” A guard stood at the sentry gate. The sky exploded in oranges and reds.
He pointed his rifle at me.
“The commandant sent for me.” The lie came easy. “I’m his pianist.” He checked my number against the list on his clipboard and waved me through.
I opened the door to the barrack. A group of women stood huddled around a window. An armored truck rumbled past. The block leader’s face was pressed against the glass....
“They’re going to put up a fight,” she whispered to the women circling the window. “They still have guns.” She pulled a wilted cabbage leaf from her pocket and stuffed it into her mouth. I walked outside, snapped an icicle from the barrack’s sloping roof, and sucked on it.
“Please, hurry,” I whispered to the winter sky. I was talking to the Russians. I was talking to Karl.
I walked inside and lay down and waited for the room to grow dark. I listened to the tanks rumble by and the women whimper in their beds.MoreLess
“Who cleared you to leave camp?” A guard stood at the sentry gate. The sky exploded in oranges and reds.
He pointed his rifle at me.
“The commandant sent for me.” The lie came easy. “I’m his pianist.” He checked my number against the list on his clipboard and waved me through.
I opened the door to the barrack. A group of women stood huddled around a window. An armored truck rumbled past. The block leader’s face was pressed against the glass....
“They’re going to put up a fight,” she whispered to the women circling the window. “They still have guns.” She pulled a wilted cabbage leaf from her pocket and stuffed it into her mouth. I walked outside, snapped an icicle from the barrack’s sloping roof, and sucked on it.
“Please, hurry,” I whispered to the winter sky. I was talking to the Russians. I was talking to Karl.
I walked inside and lay down and waited for the room to grow dark. I listened to the tanks rumble by and the women whimper in their beds.MoreLess
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