Crossing the border

31 Mar 2022 | by John Lampen

Poem by John Lampen

'Yes, this division’s hard to understand— those who pass through it find no promised land— and yet to keep it, hardly knowing why, thousands may die.' | Photo: by Marco Bianchetti on Unsplash

Here at the gap a concrete hut, a flag,
bored men with guns, the barking of a dog;
to either side the barbed wire and the signs
BEWARE OF MINES!

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