Istanbul
A baklava city With its traditional Forty layers of paper Thin pastry, honey, pistachios. Our guide told me it's Best turned upside down So that the crisp Foundation sticks To the top of your Mouth - like words Struggling for articulation. All that history: One religion built On another and Another. Pagan temples, Under Cristian churches, Beneath Mosques, Shadowed by office Buildings with Telecom-tower minarets. And through it all, 1700 years of tourists Wearing away at the stone, Crawling through the layers, In the honey-sweet Sickliness of history. Link to my photos - a week in Istanbul April 2018