we walked across the border to austria
people who lived here when the iron curtain hung
still feel intimidated by this threshold that now seems dissolved
a recent sports event brought armed guards in the name of terrorism protection
political signs a few miles deeper within austria announce 'protect the homeland'
we saw shrines everywhere though most Czech people are atheist
we saw a building with Czech, Austria, and the European Union flags
the catholic church, who owned all the land and all the food stored the food away from the hungry people who grew it in this building
there are bars on the windows
later state collectivism likewise distanced people from their own relationship to land
the space between the two countries grew wild and fecund under the vigilant watch towers
may what divided, ripen and connect
a fence become a suture
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