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b'A stone wall separates the speaker\\u2019s property from his neighbor\\u2019s. In spring, the two meet to walk the wall and jointly make repairs. The speaker sees no reason for the wall to be kept\\u2014there are no cows to be contained, just apple and pine trees. He does not believe in walls for the sake of walls. The neighbor resorts to an old adage: \\u201cGood fences make good neighbors.\\u201d The speaker remains unconvinced and mischievously presses the neighbor to look beyond the old-fashioned folly of such reasoning. His neighbor will not be swayed. The speaker envisions his neighbor as a holdover from a justifiably outmoded era, a living example of a dark-age mentality. But the neighbor simply repeats the adage.\\n\\n--- \\n\\nSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hmphaudiobooks/support'