Poem by Paul E. Pepe
MOROCCO

MOROCCO

MOROCCO IS A COUNTRY
AND REALLY VERY SMALL
IN JUST ONE SHORT WEEK
YOU CAN SEE IT ALL

THE GUIDE WHO MEETS YOU
IS CALLED ABDUL
HE LEADS YOU TO A BRAND NEW VAN
AT LEAST IT’S NOT A MULE

YOU START IN CASABLANCA
THE COUNTRY’S LARGEST CITY
ONCE THERE YOU HAVE A LOOK AROUND
AND FEEL LIKE WALTER MITTY

IF YOU FIND THE FAMOUS
RICK’S SALOON
YOU’LL FEEL DISAPPOINTED
AND FEEL LIKE A LOON

THERE IS A PLACE
YOU SHOULD NOT MISS
AN ANCIENT ROMAN CITY
CALLED VOLULOBIS

YOU DRIVE TO THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS
AND THEY ARE FULL OF SNOW
THEN HEAD DOWN TO THE SAHARA
SO HOT AND JUST BELOW

MOROCCO HAS A HOLLYWOOD
IT’S CALLED ORZOZAT
MOVIE STARS AND STUDIOS
IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY’VE GOT

YOUR FAITHFUL GUIDE WILL TAKE YOU
TO BREAKFAST IN OPEN AIR
ATOP A NEARBY MOUNTAIN
WHERE YOU WON’T HAVE A CARE

THE MAGNIFICENT TODRAS CAVERNS
ARE THINGS YOU NEVER SAW
THEY DWARF THE WORLD AROUND YOU
AND INSPIRE YOU IN AWE

YOU CANNOT MISS
THE BIG BAZAAR
AND THEN THE SEASHORE
AT AGADAR

LA MAMOUMIA IS THE HOTEL
WHERE ALL THE RICH FOLKS STAY
YOU MUST GO AT LEAST ONCE
IT’S MORE THAN JUST OKAY
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