Polin History Museum of Me – Michael Roque

June 10, 2026

The phantom of Warsaw
is a history of self—
There, but unseen
unless sought out.

Buried in Okopowa—
skeletal remains
the world collectively moved from.
Old friends,
Unfulfilled desires… dreams,
the Pehrspace Indie scene—
The entire LA cityscape
decomposed in a mass grave.

I’m modern Warsaw
built upon the ghetto
I once roamed.
Long burnt down
blown up
replaced with memorial markers
I walk by
without noticing.

In the center—
The Polin History Museum of Me.
My uprising,
downfall and rebirth.

I am Warsaw.
Then and now.