Cairo Adventure
Last year I flew to Egypt
To visit Cairo
For only one day.
I wanted to see
The Pyramids at Giza
About twelve miles away.
I traveled there
Astride a large camel
With one tremendous hump.
Do you know it is painful
To sit in the saddle
On top of that large bump?
One thing I learned
The hard way
That could cause a person’s death.
There’s no other animal
On this earth
That has such noxious bad breath!
Omar, my camel driver
Took a back route
To show me something new.
The land was barren
Nothing but sand
Not one green plant in view.
He led me to
A dried-up oasis
Deserted now for some time.
And sticking out
Of that desert sand
Was an ancient box covered in grime.
I discovered writing
On the outside
In language from the Hebrew Torah.
Do you think
I tried to open it?
No way!
It read: "If found,
Return to . . .
. . . Pandora!"
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Historical Footnote:
According to Greek mythology, Pandora was the first woman created from clay/earth by the gods as revenge against man for obtaining fire from Prometheus.
Zeus, the ‘capo di capo’ of gods, gave Pandora a jar as a gift and warned her not to open it.
Of course, she was curious and opened the jar (later called Pandora’s box) releasing the contents which were all the ills which would subsequently plague mankind. Only Hope, a single blessing, remained trapped within.
The statue, Pandora, was created by Pierre Loison in 1861.
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