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THE WALL OF HATE by AGNES I. EASON

First Line: THE MASTER BUILDER SET HIS CREW TO WORK
Last Line: WHEN THEY TRY TO TEAR IT DOWN.
Subject(s): HATE;
The master builder set his crew to work
To build a house that would endure,
Malice crept into the plan and laughed,
While distrust readied a wall of hate,
Each brick a heartache, the mortar moist
With blood of murdered love --
The building is the envy of the city,
But two souls crouch warily,
On either side that wall of hate,
They only build it higher
When they try to tear it down.



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