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I study maps whenever I come across them,
though I don't go so far as to seek them out.
I study the countries,
determined to put them once and for all in their places.
But each time I encounter a map
I am astounded once again
by the changing nature of the world.
Was Iraq always where I saw it yesterday?
And Turkey?
Was Ethiopia ever and always so large?
The map in my mind's eye is completely skewed.
No country in my head
bears any relation to the maps I study.
Have I always been so resistant to reality?
Are the mapmakers rearranging the boundaries
at random?
On purpose?
To confuse me?
To confound peacemakers and negotiators?
Are maps simply a conspiratorial product
created by and for the arms dealers?
Oh, where are the maps of yesteryear,
those colourful playthings of my childhood?
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