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Volume 18, 2021

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Chris Ellery<br />

A Fence Got Tired of Being a Fence<br />

A fence that kept these worlds apart<br />

Decided just to up and move away.<br />

I guess it got tired of keeping worlds apart,<br />

So it just upped and moved away.<br />

Have you seen what becomes of This and That,<br />

What happens to the Other when a fence is removed?<br />

When worlds that once were two are not,<br />

The Now-One World is greater than two.<br />

When there isn’t any more Over There,<br />

There can’t be any more Don’t Come Here.<br />

So everywhere the wind blows through<br />

Is Hallowed Ground—One Ground, not two.<br />

Thanks to the fence that moved away<br />

The two old worlds are One and New.<br />

It shows us all what we ask a fence to do:<br />

Keep them out and keep us in.<br />

Keep the good things in for us.<br />

Keep the bad things out for them.<br />

Consider what could be—and should—<br />

If all the fences woke up one day<br />

And saw they weren’t doing any good,<br />

So they just upped and moved away.<br />

Civility + You<br />

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