The Wall

A silted-up boat An axe planted in the earth Paradox Denial It wounds, but does not drip. even blood dries up. A diriment impediment, for the prosecution Cements inequality among equals. However, can an architectural defendant discern the Good from the Bad? Heaven from Hell, as the rhetoric of hypocritical pietism recites? It is not a front, it is surrender It neither threatens nor denounces It shouts no shame It irritates, but does not outrage In fact, it arranges the desert of the uninhabitable cities. Hush up Legal illegality. Illegal legality. Quiet that hurts, up here. Knocking it down will not scratch what irreparably shatters inside.