Journey of Words

on the UAE

Come to the EmiratesSunshine guaranteeLive temporarilyIn well-oiled luxuryState-owned newsLaws set by royaltyThere’ll be no complaintsYou’ll have to agreeIf you come for workYou will do so tax-freeOr just splash outOn a guilt-blind shopping spreeIt never rainsWe don’t bother with drainsBut when it poursIt’s a year’s worth in a day ~ n.b. NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 18 prompt:…

World’s tallest building struck many times by lightning in storm that brought Biblical flooding to Dubai, or should that be Babylonian flooding?


Come to the Emirates
Sunshine guarantee
Live temporarily
In well-oiled luxury
State-owned news
Laws set by royalty
There’ll be no complaints
You’ll have to agree
If you come for work
You will do so tax-free
Or just splash out
On a guilt-blind shopping spree

It never rains
We don’t bother with drains
But when it pours
It’s a year’s worth in a day

~

n.b. NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 18 prompt: Someone, something, (somewhere else?).

CLP 18/04/2024

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Chris Perry

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