Trip to Allah Land
Memoriam to the September 11, 2001, World Trade Center Catastrophe:
A trip to Allah Land
is never easy as it sounds
first you need an enemy
then it helps to have a plane
Camels are too slow these days
and nights of Uncle Sam where
enemies abundantly are found
¯In ant hive rush hours
outside a billowing tent
in stone-age deserts
(blasting Buddhas
too with booming
cannons)
no radio allowed while
they practice for their
trip to Allah Land
Low tech is still the answer though
no scimitars no “La-la-la-la-la!”
across the dunes no oily
towels around the face no
bleating camels but
in a rented car a book
open to a page that says
“How to Fly an Airplane”
from here to Allah Land
© 2001 by Ed Wickliffe
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | A BCA D XEX X XXCXXXEB FXAFX X XDB X |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 699 |
Words | 131 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 3, 1, 3, 1, 8, 5, 1, 3, 1 |
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