Wednesday, August 8, 2018

The Queen of Sheba Comments

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an extract

she wants to strip the willow
she desires the keys
to the National Library
she is beckoning
the lasses

Yes, we'd like to
clap the camels,
to smell the spice,
admire her hairy legs and
bonny wicked smile, we want to take
PhDs in Persian, be vice
to her president: we want
to help her
ask some Difficult Questions

she's shouting for our wisest man
to test her mettle:

Scour Scotland for a Solomon!

Sure enough: from the back of the crowd
someone growls:
whae do you think y'ur?

and a thousand laughing girls and she
draw our hot breath
and shout

THE QUEEN OF SHEBA!
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Kathleen Jamie
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