Drag Queens and the Great Wall

 Drag Queens and the Great Wall

When a child the test pattern on channel four

was an “Indian.”

You could even say that word back then;

today on my streaming service the screen diverts

to a drag queen in a green dress,

then times out to artsie photos from space.

I think I see the Sahara Desert, the boot of Italy

not always so sure.

Later pictures appear of the Earth-scape at night

or

the Great Wall.

I wonder how many people died

building it over 2000 years.  

How does a civilization endure for so long?

Google tells me likely a half a million Chinese bodies

are inside that magnificent Wall.

The civilzation eventually crumbled, as the wall

failed, as walls do.

Today, the wall builders fumble and falter as they persecute

the drag queens in their green dresses and try to build

then bury us all in their fantastic wall.