The wall, though inanimate, the poet contends,is imbued with so much worldly wisdom for the fact that it “clandestinely” bears witness to all man’s secrets and foibles. This, however, is as long as remains standing.

What an extra-ordinary eavesdropper                                                                                                                            Dear friend, you are, from birth                                                                                                                                      Though your smooth surface                                                                                                                                           Betrays no presence of bugs nor ears                                                                                                                           Or are you lined with innumerable eyes                                                                                                                         Too microscopic for mortals to perceive?                                                                                                                        Could those crevices and bumps                                                                                                                                   Married to your face                                                                                                                                                       Serve purposes otherwise not intended?

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