All along the Watchtower (2)

And yet, it is with an ominous feeling one turns to contemplate the shadowy hand – dare one say - of posterity embodied in that lonely cenotaph:

All along the Watchtower
Where the princes kept their view

The memorial tells the statistical story… the numbers of the dead (mostly, of course, of those living within the confines of the wall) – how long will they remain not just in the historical record but in the record of our memories? How long will we feel morally bound to keep listening to this long player? Who of us will continue to search their conscience? –