the crazies

we need lines
in the sand.
walls of brick and mortar.
barbed wire.
chain link.
tall fences
with mirrors and wires,
cameras.
we need barking dogs
and alarms.
we need protection from
the crazies
of the world.
from the ones who want
in,
who can't let go.
who tunnel
into the earth to get
to where we are.
look how they swim
across the moat with
torches,
with arrows
and bullets.
they are relentless,
unmedicated and lost.