Once I met a Muslim on a rocky shore. <br />His skin was brown and his hair dark; <br />but I was a Christian and pale. <br /> <br />We eyed each other warily at first, <br />but then we talked, then swam. <br /> <br />We caught some shellfish <br />and I took him home <br />where we cooked paella <br />and drank white wine. <br /> <br />'The Koran forbids shellfish, ' I said <br />'and wine, too, I believe! ' <br /> <br />'Forget the Koran, ' he replied, <br />'that's all in theory! ' <br /> <br />Soon we were good friends. <br /> <br />Why can't our leaders do this?<br /><br />Robert Melliard<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/meeting-21/
