Life In the Dead Sea
Between Jordan and Israel lies the Dead Sea
biblically known as Sodom and Gomorrha,
salty waters where no living thing breathes
and no known fish in its currents frolicks.
Just how salty is the Dead Sea?
take a bucket and fill half of it with salt,
add an equal amount of water, then stir it;
that could not be sweet, would you agree?
I took a dip that burned my eyes red in the sea of the dead,
its density making this non-swimmer float like I was dead,
I just could not sink!
If you suffer from high blood pressure don't you swim there,
take heed from one that the doctor advised of salt to beware,
who did not listen to his medical advice and dived anyway
and what did I get? systolic and diastolic counts of 150/110
that meant more Tenormin pills to keep a heart attack away.
Salts form into solid rocks along the Dead Sea's shore
and just about everywhere are gigantic white crystals;
a harsh, non life-giving body of water, maybe?
Not exactly!
because the sediments of the Dead Sea is a cottage industry;
scoop up a mound of black mud, rub it on your face and body,
presto! you will get skin smoother than a baby's bottom!
due to dissolved chemicals with therapeutic properties
that smoothen, cleanse and purify a crocodile’s skin.
Wanna buy a bar of soap made out of Dead Sea mud?
Hurry, first come, first served, stock is limited!
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