They Built the Wall Themselves by M. A. Dubbs | Handpicked Wednesday
Wednesdays on One Poem Only are Handpicked, a new feature where I go deeper into the poem of the day and discuss what made it stand out to me.They Built the Wall ThemselvesM. A. DubbsOn any given weekday on the east boardwalk of Port Washington,you’ll find fishermen of leisure.Long white beards, shirtless with an all over tan,crepey skin a canvas of tattoos;a visual storyboard of his trials.If you’d ask, you’d learn about the steady handsthat inked him as a kid drafted to ‘Nam.He won’t say much about the thick bordered oneshe did when he got back.Just shake his beard and tell you…
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