Forwarded e-mail:
"The History of Iraq,"
started me thinking.
Wikipedia-
again I immerse myself
in the Caliphate.
Harun al-Rashid,
Caliph, Prince of the Faithful,
Baghdad's Golden Age.
Jewel of cities,
laid low by Mongols, Persians,
Turks, Americans.
City of cities,
the city above cities...
a jewel no more.
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