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“
Dearly I yearn for my mother’s bread,
My mother’s coffee,
Mother’s brushing touch.
Childhood is raised in me,
Day upon day in me.
And I so cherish life
Because if I died
My mother’s tears would shame me.
”
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The UAE Sonnet
I'm asked to compare USA with UAE,
So here it is, in my free form sonnetary.
For starters, there is no comparison -
UAE is a civilized country, USA is not.
Sure UAE has its share of violations,
like every living country in the world,
but unlike USA, the incredible growth
and the very birth of UAE is not founded
on the worst kind of atrocities in history.
In fact, forget the rich, safe and
prosperous UAE - on the civilization scale
USA is the bottom scraper of history.
...more
”
― Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets
― Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets
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