Quiet Crossing

45000 sections of reinforced concrete three tons each Nearly 300 watchtowers over 250 dog runs twenty bunkers Sixtyfive miles of antivehicle trenchessignal wire barbed wire beds of nails Over 11000 armed guards A death strip of sand wellraked to reveal footprints 200 ordinary people shot dead following attempts to escape the communist regime 96 miles of concrete wall Families divided loved ones lost