# AUC

**Source**: https://www.aucegypt.edu/academics/rhetoric-and-composition/rhetoric-today/2019/auc
**Parent**: https://www.aucegypt.edu/academics/rhetoric-and-composition/rhetoric-today/2019

#### November 21, 2019

A teeming plaza;\
then a silent patio. \
The tinkly chatter\
of a hidden fountain;\
Then the heated glare\
of a tiled expanse.

A long alley of peaceful palms mocking the bustling thoroughfare: *late 4 class - late 4 a mtg -time 4 coffee? –Sorry, need 2 run! -Office hours posted! -can't come tonight. –Oh no, missed the deadline! -got an 'A'! -Class postponed: yesss!! –He’s AMAAAAZING!! -Sorry, 2 busy -Can't stop -C u later...*\
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*Stop!* Look above you:\
                        Always a fugitive\
                        arabesqu'ed interlace\
                        of stone arches;\
                        Always a different assemblage of\
                        dun-coloured variations\
                        from the same ancient quarry,\
                        topping the geometric dream \
                        of men's renewed interpretation.\
                        This land's glorious past ... *See it?*

new minds mingle with old\
stone cradles plant\
blue sky spills over desert stone\
basement-level alcoves\
lead up to eyrie look-outs…\
Through glass and wood, and windowed-lace\
we dream a young future,\
slowly etching in stone and sand\
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a Thousand-and-One stories of leafy *wadis* and hopeful wisdom...