They built one in China,

that now to history seems a wonder

of ancient technology, of planning

and people look at it and marvel

of how, wrongly, it can be seen from space

where there is no barrier

and there is no nation line.

A man paved with delusion

and whose phallic tower

rises

almost impotent

when he declares that a wall

be built to keep Mexicans

but not those north

of the winter border out;

that wall is insane.

Then comes along the self important nation,

with a plan, a scheme of grandeur,

of safety, of protection,

build a wall, trowel on the guard,

arm the wire,

set down the flashlight, light

up the Calais sky and realise,

that the self-important nation

has forgot one thing as they

issue a wall decree,

that the guns cans turn

the other way

and keep the agitated,

the bombastic, the pompous

and the worldly deluded

 

Ian D. Hall 2016