Ararat
ON THE ETERNAL SNOWS
OF MT. ARARAT
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As a child I was taught to brag
about the eternal snows of Mt. Ararat.
I know now that I have as much right
to brag about Ararat
as a Red Indian has to brag
about the skyscrapers of Manhattan.
*
If anything I now see Ararat
as a memorial to defeat and surrender.
*
And speaking of Manhattan:
Did you know there is a 2000-year old city in Yemen,
called Shibam, that looks like Manhattan?
If you don’t believe me, Google “Shibam / images.”
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ON THE ETERNAL SNOWS
OF MT. ARARAT
************************************
As a child I was taught to brag
about the eternal snows of Mt. Ararat.
I know now that I have as much right
to brag about Ararat
as a Red Indian has to brag
about the skyscrapers of Manhattan.
*
If anything I now see Ararat
as a memorial to defeat and surrender.
*
And speaking of Manhattan:
Did you know there is a 2000-year old city in Yemen,
called Shibam, that looks like Manhattan?
If you don’t believe me, Google “Shibam / images.”
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