wall
defensive bank
rampart
or army
against enemy
or sea
defensive bank
rampart
army
or person
what enemy
what sea
chromed creamed painted
walls
I don’t tree
roof
I don’t sky
floor
I don’t
earth
what enemy
what sea
the walls! the walls! the walls!
the tarmac desert
distance disen-
gage Dr Phil’s I will pretend I will put
on a smile I will say
I’m alright for you* Rules
distance dis-
engage walls I don’t tree
roof I don’t sky
floor
I don’t earth
what enemy
if the walls
went away
who the hell
would we be
naked
in the naked sun
if the precious
dense
walls
went away
who the hell
would we
block block block block block
block block block block block
a thin line
again
again
again
class construction
object wall
object dirty_creature
wet_leathered_foot
object drip drip drip
torrent
object mist zephyr
hurricane
object photon photon photon beam campaign
forcefield songline
tendril_fingers
object neuron axon dendrite
object response impulse
pulse
function demonstrate
function symbolise
function compensate
function postulate
function demarcate
function repulse
function defend
function surround
function enclose
function protect
function support
wall
the rock
defending
the ore
wall
the membrane
embracing
the womb
wall
the structure
supporting
the cell
its mitochondria’s
liquid buzz
who the hell
would we be
wall
the steep
face
of a wave
before it breaks
* Martha Wainwright ‘BMFA’ reference. Look it up.