An Ode to the Wall
We basked within the sunlight
We ate within its warmth
We felt its kiss upon our faces
As we stood at our back door
Then we heard the rumbling
The tearing, growling noise
Of machinery in action
They were ripping up next door
They flattened and they pounded
They formed and then they poured
They set a concrete footing
Then built a massive concrete wall
Now we stand here in the shadows
We shiver in the cold
We can no longer kiss the sunlight
Since the lawyers built their wall.
Paul Carton
Woy Woy