APRIL TEN
ONE HUMP OR TWO
I wasn't looking forward to the camel ride
hanging on for dear life as we trekked through
what looked to me like an abandoned land fill site
bits of discarded plastic rising up above the sand
The Dromedary walking slowly in single file
me clinging on wishing the two hour session would end
having to lean backwards or forward sometimes sideways
to try to keep my balance on this ship of the desert
Before the end of the tour we saw the pink flamingoes fly
and wild dogs swimming across the river
feral cats and dozens of kittens were sunbathing on the rocks
and a few men and a girl were fishing in the lake
Finally we were able to dismount and stagger to the cafe
the boss man there was a Berber and he served sweet tea
Would you like sugar he asked one hump or two
whilst he told us that Moroccan camels were called Dromedary
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