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From: izzy
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 20:45

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Aphrodite as an Anthropomorphic Map

The goddess we call Aphrodite
Is not just an Egyptian city.
   The Phoenicians did make
   Her a map. It's not fake.
Her body is cartograffiti.

The Punic war destroyed her face,
The Romans left nary a trace.
   But her hair is still there,
   In Sahara, that's where.
And her chin's a Tunisian place.

Mt. Atlas is her first verTebra.
Her breast is in Chad wearing no bra.
   Her heart is in Libya,
   Her left leg, Somalia.
Eritrea? From Greek for urethra.

The Greeks called her liver Egypt, an'
Her kidney was Biblical Goshen.
   She's bent at her waist,
   Now Misr-ably placed.
The Red Sea was her menstruation.

As a kid I did think the Red Sea
Was an English map typo: lost E,
   From Reed Sea in Hebrew.
   But that could not be true,
Mare Rubrum 'twas Latin, B.C.

Aphrodite with Hermes did sin,
We know this is true 'cause within
   Her "snatch" we call Sinai
   His "zaiyin" does still lie.
It's known as the desert of Zin.

Israel "izzy" Cohen
BPMaps moderator
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BPMaps/

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