Though by what reasoning is unclear,
I aspired to curb Arab terrorism
by slaying their fabled bird;
and so I sought it out.
Distantly heard on the breeze,
a melodious dirge my guide to its burning nest,
I hastened to watch as flapping wings
up-draughted the engulfing, spice-laden, flames.
Carefully aimed, my missile hit
and, like an exploding incendiary,
the burning body disintegrated
into a hundred widespread conflagrations.
Thinking my mission accomplished,
I watched them burn to ashes;
then, overawed, counted hundredfold
their regeneration as immortal birdlings.
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