MEMORIES TO REMEMBER

FROM THE DESERT OF TIME

I once met an Afghani prince

no relative of the Hungarian Prince Kemal of my teens

the Afghani built pyramids far from Egypt

structures of envy and greed

without mummies or artifacts

the Hungarian prince rebuilt dreams 

and visions of feminine beauty

Greek actress Aliki and a Brasilian dance group

of different eras

long gone

with the quicksand they paced

Both princes were somehow related to games of rubber bridge

which also disappeared

except for the plastic playing cards

which can still be used

to build towers 

to crumble

for others

ahmet

June 11, 2021