Dubai
Vast and
glittering
lit up like
a Christmas tree
the skyline
shimmering modern
an array of aluminium and glass
the
designs, architectural wonders.
Down by the
old souq, old Bombay
the touts
and hawkers
in the bars, Russian and Kazaks
working
girls.
The metro,
an international menagerie
people from
every corner of the world
and
the tourists flock
like moths
to a shining light.
A city
rises from the desert.
You may think that Vernon's Christmas tree imagery is out of place in an un-Christian spot such as Dubai. But I know from experience that Christmas itself is a major sales promotion period even in countries like Japan and Thailand where the Christian population is minimal. Of course, it is Santa Claus rather than Jesus that gets all the attention. But the capitalist secularization of this particular religious holiday is equally applicable to the United States and elsewhere in Christendom as well, isn't it.
ReplyDeleteI like this poem a lot
ReplyDeleteI'm interested in really analyzing or feeling the line breaks
They clearly mean something