After the ethereal wind stopped and the ocean receded, I learned fences have no meaning. Keeping people divided, really does not work. Walls, between neighbors, get knocked down. After earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, fires, lines disappear. Walls fall, fences break down. People step up, over boundaries. They help, reach out. We should know this. History proves it so. Fences, they really are imaginary. Paula Curci (c) August 2011 Long Beach NY. ...