Facing the Wall

58,267 names
              engraved on a black reflective surface
58,267 names
              JOHN H ANDERSON JR. on the west end
58,267 names
              slowly piling up to the middle
58,267 names
             1959 to 1975
58,267 names
              DALE R BUIS meets RICHARD VANDE GEER
                         at a 121-degree angle of eternity
58,267 names
              the Alpha and the Omega
58,267 names
              receding back down
58,267 names
              JESSIE C ALBA on the east end
58,267 names
              “Who took the time to count them all?”
58,267 names
              “Daddy, this is a sad wall.”
 

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