Date:         Fri, 20 Jun 1997 08:51:40 -0500
From: Phanny <corbett@SLUAXA.SLU.EDU>
Subject:      SUB: CONTEST: Non: Poem: Abyssinian memories

This is a poem about Arthur Rimbaud in an Ethiopian restaurant
and definitely an eccentric.


ABYSSINIAN MEMORIES

Come with him, Young Man from Massaoua,
Follow a dying poet.

He'll take you through the Great Ethiopian Desert
To the Secret Garden of Arabia.

Let him teach you some long lost poems,
Let him show you the magic of Hashish and Absinth.

He'll name for you his Lovers,
Lustful Ladies, Stars and Poets.

Come with him, Young Man from Massaoua,
To the Secret Garden of Arabia.