Hippo From the East
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A poem about Russia, the largest country in the world (line 2) with 9 different time zones (line 3) and 12 different seas in its territory (line 4). Lake Baikal is the deepest and largest reservoir of fresh water (line 6); largest forest reserves (line 7) and Moscow is Europe’s biggest city (line 9).
The giant of the east, a thorn in the most prosperous continent
possessing land so massive which is second to none
having each day measured in nine different scales
and twelve large waters in full interaction with its borders
Its pride feeds on most of European and global superlatives
is it from the stores of fresh water
or the preservation of the wild plant communities?
Is it its rich deposits piled beneath the Earth
or its sized capital of huge significance to Europe?
This historic nation prides in them all and even more
But then, the limbs of its diplomacy are incomplete
in such regard, important allies are difficult to come by
no room for adjustments- it must be what it wants
Georgia and Ukraine’s tears then becoming the pay
for its domineering spirit
Though not adequately reverenced by the inhabitants of the jungle
a hippo still remains more dangerous than the lion
well ranked among the frontiers of global authority
but a major 21st century bully even in this time of civilization
Copyright © Funom Makama | Year Posted 2015
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