Berlin Haiku

thousands of people

walking the course of the wall

the past remembered

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between east and west

a schizophrenic city

a line on a map
 

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light shining into

dark corners of history

casting long shadows

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the questions they ask-
is the world a better place?
are we happier?

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who was my neighbour?
did I really know my friends?
could they be trusted?

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photographs taken
something to show somebody
to say we were there

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drink to the future -
the bad old days are over
the past is erased