Monday, January 15, 2018

No. 248: Save The Last Walls For Me

Something there is that doesn't love a wall. . . 
— Robert Frost, “Mending Wall”

Something there is that DOES love a wall.
The fretful. The fearful. The weak. The small.
Those who equate foreign with hate.

Walls, by their nature, do not last long —
no matter how tall, no matter how strong.
Matter of fact they ain't worth persuin',
'cept if you're into buildin' a ruin.

It is, by golly,

another Trump Folly,
Trump's off his trolley,
painting by Dali.


The Persistence of Memory (1931)