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Three Cheers for Ethiopia
by Joel L Young → (All Poetry by Joel L Young)
  
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Addis Addaba likes that
A cool red sea flowing clear
Pure running water
Into yellow green fields
Oasis touching rainbow hands

In reality, dried moons linger
Sitting on top of African hills
Waiting for the great baboon
To pucker his lips
Blow the earth to hell with a kiss
His breath smells of tepid warmth

Hear the cry of the time keeper
Sitting in his mosque tower praying
Tempus fugit - Allah's gone home
A new sun breaks the day
Chanting percussionists sing

Children are starving
Children are starving
Their bellies bloated and frail
Love gives, love gives food
Angel with a golden heart
Pour your sweet wine
War gods go away
And leave us alone

Praise to allah
Praise to allah
Praise to God
Keep us on your thoughts
We are Ethiopia
We are Ethiopia
We are Ethiopia

We are the blood of the earth!

. Joel L. Young 2002
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 Reviews of "Three Cheers for Ethiopia"
Reviewed on November 6, 2002
great write! may god bless ethiopia and her poeple; they deserve all blessings he can give them! love, your friend, karen lynn. (((HUGS))) :)

Reviewed by na na (Reader)
Reviewed on November 6, 2002
Three cheers for your Ethiopian Sun! Hip hip Horray! Bill
P.S. there's no place like home.


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