Murus Durus - poem

Lawrence Hall
Mhall46184@aol.com

Someone asked if I could write a poem about a classroom wall:

Murus Durus

It’s hard to snuggle up to concrete blocks
Even when they’re layered in pastel paint
And fitted with a door (though no one knocks)
And high, thin windows rather cute and quaint

They make four walls that wrap us all around
To keep the warmth within, the cold without
And hold the roof up there, far off the ground
So all is cozy in our cool hangout

But though this space is nice, and even rocks -
It’s hard to snuggle up to concrete blocks