I have seen
the Eiffel Tower,
the Colosseum,
and the Alhambra,
the Charles Bridge
and Kastellet,
Lake Nicaragua
and Tangier’s Medina.
While English
is the current
lingua franca,
it was not
the first language
of any host country
to these treasures.
Oddly enough,
no matter
the native tongue,
I never saw a smile
I could not translate.
