A Picture Postcard
From Dubai

On a 48 degree afternoon
under the blazing desert sun
cascades a 50 foot waterfall
inside a cold shopping mall

Glittering crystal and curios,
kilos of gleaming gold
and all else one can imagine
are briskly getting sold

Near an Italian electric grill
stands a girl from Philippines
roasting English chestnuts
and serving Baklawas divine

Each and every race and shade
seems to be thriving here
The happy blend of languages
is as music to the ear

A multi-coloured tranquil pool
- the world on a smaller scale
Without the larger one's
thunderstorms and gale

~ Shanta ~

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