This is a little bit random, but following up on the last post:
\nI heard someone singing S&G’s “I Am A Rock” the other day, and the following, slight, adjustment of the lyrics occurred to me. Its essentially the same joke as “Iran is a country between Iraq and a hard place,” but the more I thought through the entire song, the more poignant it became. And funny.<\/p>\n
Of course there’s a problem with the line “I am an island.” And at first I tried to find something like “I am not Ireland.” But ultimately it became more interesting to imagine Iraq thinking of itself as an island.<\/p>\n
So enjoy! Sing along if you know the tune… <\/p>\n
“A winters day
\nIn a deep and dark December;
\nI am alone,
\nGazing from my window to the streets below
\nOn a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.
\nI am Iraq,
\nI am an island.<\/p>\n
I’ve built walls,
\nA fortress deep and mighty,
\nThat none may penetrate.
\nI have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain.
\nIts laughter and its loving I disdain.
\nI am Iraq,
\nI am an island.<\/p>\n
Don’t talk of love,
\nBut I’ve heard the word before;
\nIts sleeping in my memory.
\nI won’t disturb the slumber of feelings that have died.
\nIf I never loved I never would have cried.
\nI am Iraq,
\nI am an island.<\/p>\n
I have my books
\nAnd my poetry to protect me;
\nI am shielded in my armor,
\nHiding in my room, safe within my womb.
\nI touch no one and no one touches me.
\nI am Iraq,
\nI am an island.<\/p>\n
And Iraq feels no pain;
\nAnd an island never cries.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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