Sense Sonnet - Pumper

Better Man

The year that Joseph turned 14,
He felt the worst of man first hand.
Naziism could only mean
That hatred would spread through the land.
Forced to join the Hitler youth troop,
And listen to the ranting rage
Against those of the race or group
That deserved not this golden age.
A cousin of Joseph's who had
Down's Syndrome was ordered to die,
Because the Nazis deemed it bad
To let imperfection slip by.

Joseph wished he could better man.
As Pope Benedict, now he can.