Bosphorus

Perhaps you will visit the Bosphorus
A vision of blue in your mind.
Perhaps you will visit the Bosphorus
Ankara and Smyrna behind.

Perhaps in the sunlight and beckoning —
Of singing and dancing and glee —
Perhaps you will visit the Dardanelles
Look over the Aegean Sea.

Perhaps you will dawdle at Uskudar
At archeological digs.
Perhaps take the train to Malatia
For Islam and poppies and figs.

Perhaps you will languish in Sinope
A lira in gold for your thoughts.
Perhaps you’ll cavort in caviar, and
Autocthonous foods sweet and hot.

Perhaps you will visit the Bosphorus …