Walls (with apologies to Joyce Kilmer)
By Laurie Baron
SAN DIEGO−
To think that I possess the gall
To close the country for a wall.
A wall of concrete or of steel
To generate my voters’ zeal.
A wall that keeps the riffraff out
By blocking their illegal routes.
A wall that saves us from disease,
Spread by those dirty refugees.
If they apply to gain asylum,
We can deny it if we revile them.
Walls are built by fools like me
If not by consent, then by decree.
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“Walls” marks the 400th Humoring the Headlines column written for San Diego Jewish World by Baron, who is a professor emeritus of history at San Diego State University. He may be contacted via lawrence.baron@sdjewishworld.com. San Diego Jewish World points out to new readers that this column is satire, and nothing herein should be taken literally.