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The
Wall
(to Demonstrators)
How much more do you want of us? We wait here in dismay as you plan to
disrupt our serenity, your placards screaming of ‘Peace’. Don’t you know
there is no war here – only blessed release from the pain and agony of our
journey to this hallowed place? Don’t sully it with
your anger – do not demean it with your slogans. Here, there is
commiseration, not turmoil, solace, not confrontation. Take your anger
to those who caused it. There is no place for it here. We have endured
enough. Leave us to commune in harmony with our comrades on both sides
of our Wall – those who have passed through, and those who wait to
complete the journey. Please do not misunderstand; we may have arrived
here as the result of war and violence, but we have transformed this
Wall into a place of eternal love. Let our repose remain inviolate for
as long as this nation endures. Grant us the peace
you demand.
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