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The Wall (Pantoum to 58,000)

How do I face your granite impassivity
to tell you that we've failed again
done everything but learn
to speak the history of truth

To tell you that we've failed again
An indefensible severity of error
to speak the history of truth
of those who dwelled lightly upon the earth

An indefensible severity of error
deifying and quantifying
of those who dwelled lightly upon the earth
Fallen to bean-counters and mystics

Deifying and quantifying
avoids recognition of essential humanity
fallen to bean-counters and mystics
How do I face your granite impassivity

© Deane P. Goodwin