Berlin Irony
9th November 2019
1961
A wall of shame
cut through a city and a people
a bleak new division:
we and the world turned away
1989
A wall fell
remade a city, a people, a history
a bright new union:
we and the world rejoiced
2019
Now we fashion
our uniquely British wall
a tragedy of repeated history:
the world wonders, shrugs
2047
And I wonder if
my children must wait
twenty-eight years before
the world rejoices again
Or shall we spend our time
building more walls?
M.C. Newberry
Wed 22nd May 2024 16:24
It could be said that Hadrian knew his onions when assessing
threat to his northern border. 😏! Not much changes under the sun.