thousands of miles separate our otherwise
common lives
but its friends who decide upon
just what each his culture may derive
a man
a woman
co conspirator's to the correspondents craze
the newness of it all is still so unearthingly
bright
though its shiny edges may dull with the gentle
passing of future days
yet few too many happinesses profit from such
sweetly unexpected surprise
though the results in such a scribbling venture
may vary
subject as they are to the will and flow of
life's change
know that it is in the arms of trust
where all true respect and understanding lies
the mental shake of hands can mean all of nothing
or every last important thing known
so, in the spirit of true friendship I say
welcome to my laughing life Medhat
may your stay be long and pleasantly memorable
in this big heart I tend to refer to as my own......
(Oct. 7, 1996)