Sunday, February 6, 2011

That man must go now


That man must go now - if he says he has no shoes - then he can have mine #haiku #egypt

Image: Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images
Anti-government protestors gathered in central Cairo wave their shoes, in a gesture of anger, after President Hosni Mubarak announces that he will not seek re-election.

4 comments:

  1. Humorous and poignant as well as poetic. Nice one.

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  2. Wow. This is one of the best poems I have ever read. Seriously.

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  3. Firm sentiment tersely expressed. Spot on.

    I'd only add that with $70 billion dollars of 'personal' wealth, he probably has more shoes than Imelda Marcos!

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