to Iraq and back
Michael Estabrook
Before I die I would love to experience
the Tigris-Euphrates Valley,
the Fertile Crescent, the Cradle
of Civilization, among the earliest
of the early civilizations
on the planet, a wondrous place I assume.
I recall learning all about this place
way, way back
in grammar school, the bold,
colorful pictures in geography books
of dark green palm trees,
sprouted and sprawling in ancient
rich beige seas of sand. Yes
I’d love to visit Iraq
or what’s left of it after all
the murderous tribal factions
and hoards of religious fanatics
and wealthy greedy countries have torn
it all to shreds leaving only bullets
and bombs and blood
echoing across the sad sand.
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