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pu hi w
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As I look closer I can clearly Its inn r
structure of re-bar, a thick, iron-mesh that how
through the cracks, crevices, and chasms that
make its face. I wonder as to whether or not the e
openings have been caused by the impa t of
bullets mashing against the inner id r imply
by the ravages of time and weath r.
There is no graffiti marking the fa of this
wall. Not of the sort found in ew York by the
subway; or Chicago where the l.r Trains top, or
even Los Angeles where vacant domains are
transformed into the dreams of would- arti ts.
I can hear n sounds clamoring from above.
All is quiet. There is no audible evidence of the
thousands of men who have been condemned to
call this place home. If not for th remainder of
their lives, then for the better part of them.
up from the" ground, th n di appear again under­
neath the winter snows year after year?
Therei no longer a wall s paratingEastBerlin
from West Berlin. One city known for its oppres­
sion against humanity, while the other known as
the cape from that oppression. The Great Wall
of China, once a barricade to protect emperors
from invading barbarians, and the only man-made
Object on earth that can be seen from outer space
is today a bridge and "relic for historians.
The great bastions of France, Morrocco, Siena
Leon ,and Jamaica have long been interests for
touri Is and historians. America has enjoyed the
reputa tion 0 being the most civilized nation in the
world for many decad .
I ihcr nothing we can do about this wall?
"
What type of men
could learn spend­
ing the better part of
their lives behind a
wall? What type· of
crime could any man
commit to have him
condemned to watch
the same grass push
its way up from the
ground, then disap­
pear again under-
neath the winter
snows year after
year?
that g ing on in our
d I am frozen by udd n
p monition; p nition that on day thi
mall plot 0 land will d to th ize 0 a
public cern tery. It i chilling thought
I notice that h re e the d d v been
fenced in. if even they could somehow rise up
ndwr hav upon i ty. Wh tkindo men
could have earned this place their final resting?
What hideous crim could any of th m bay
committed to 1 av th m without a single family
m mber or friend 1 truistic enough to have carried
them home?
I HI 0 Charles Man on, Jeffrey
Dahlmer, and Leslie Allen Williams. Society has
labeled these men outcasts of the worse kind.
Yet Charles Manson receives enough fan mail to
fill up an Anny duffle bag-weekly.
The other two men may make thousands of
dollars on books, interviews, and movies, while
professionals of every level and order scamper to
explain to the public exactly what makes these
men tick. Could th crim of the men buried here
have been any wo ?
I imagine that th puzzle of justice will remain
perplexing for a very long time. Yes ... the State
giveth ... and the Slate taketh away. Perhaps one
day others will find cause enough to walk the wall.
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