In Libya’s capital of Tripoli,

It’s difficult to locate a Bialy.

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Albania’s writers have formed a cabal

That finds all works of AI banal.

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In Colombia, people love poetry so,

That some poets may go iamb loco –

And in Laos, alas, they may also.

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In Angola the music snobs catalog

All the reasons that they prefer analog.

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In Gabon all might get along

If people partied ‘round a bong.

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San Marino might plant some geraniums

And transform its foks into Romanians!

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Photo: Bran Castle, Bran, Romania (influence on Bram Stoker’s IDracula), taken July 2023