Uniquely Middle Eastern and Quite Western
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This is an Ode about Israel. The sea of Galilee is the lowest fresh water lake in the world and the dead sea is the lowest place on Earth (lines 5 & 6); Hebrew and Arabic are its official languages (line 8). It is the first country to ban underweight models (line 9); it is the gay capital of the middle east (lines 10 & 11) and many more....
A little porcupine in the midst of hungry pythons;
her quills are a danger to each attempted swallow;
trouble grows tall from the moment she existed;
And once upon a time, in six days a gang is conquered by her might.
She’s characterized by waters so low,
from the dead one to the Sea of Galilee.
She’s an open museum for religious sight seeing
with official mother tongues coming from her own conflicting world.
Her stamp against size zero maidens stood as the first;
she’s the main and king’s banquet hall
for same sex feasts in the entire middle east;
a trail blazer in the voice mail technology
and a breeding town for chess grand masters;
all sums up to the glorious inscription of her crown.
Even with her wonderful friendship with friends quite far
she’s still most hated by those very close.
Copyright © Funom Makama | Year Posted 2015
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