NO ROME

The ground was fertile, fresh.

The earth was pleading

to birth a new civilization

in Rome.

The dirt was ready to create

to begin, fresh,

a civilization the seven hills

- the seven wonders -

- the seven hundred years preceding -

could never have imagined.

The land was special.

The place was beautiful.

The country was unique

and destined for something more

and this land upon which we stand

is no Rome.