The Message

I was a Sunni fallen into
The mineral colored waters
Of the furthest Oasis from
The Tigris and Euphrates
When I, and my parched apprehensions
Were filled with a cup of cool,
Pellucid authenticity,
When I received your message. . .
Neither Tigleth-Pilesar
Nor Sennacherib
Could ever so boast
Of such a thirst thus quenched!