Tuesday, 22 January 2008

Or maybe I just missed the confusão

Game park near Lusaka, Zambia

Let me break the silence
Even if not inspired to write
Let me simply post an image
And on it comment despite

So, to Zambia I went
Some many weeks ago
To discover a neighbour land
And of it to let go

Things of similarity
And of difference I saw
More of the latter, I cry
And not without awe

They’re more organized, less fastidious
More courteous and polite
And what Angola lacks the most
Big African mammals on site

But no beautiful beaches to see
No kizomba, no semba to free
On these, I’ll write another day
A day with something to say

3 comments:

anne B said...

Well, maybe not exactly a classic iambic pentameter as the Greeks conceived it, but CONGRATULATIONS! not sure I could rhyme in English. I like the title though, ROFL!!!!

Hugo Viseu said...

Lots of tourism, hey?
Didn't they ask you for gasosa?
And, you're no E.E. Cummings, but I congratulations on the effort! ;)

Jorge said...

hm... classic iambic pentameter? I'll investigate that, and perhaps surprise you next time :-)

and Hugo, no, no gasosa. In fact, I saw very few police man. Plus they actually added a sense of security, which was odd! On my defense, I have to say it wasn't really tourism/vacation, I was there for work..