Tulip: Symbolic Growth of Freedom In the Arab Spring

Along Iran's alluvial fan, spanned a virgin, untested train A scourging blight the tender, fecund suckers did restrain A heartier tulip bloomed on Tunisia's arid plain A docile wave the royal Jasmine blight to stain   Transplanted in Egypt; a more fertile strain Leaching the arid soil, the tyrannical oasis did drain A hybrid sprouted on Libya's fallow terrain Fertilized by a torrential, nitrous rain To Oman's tepid steppes, uncultivated varieties shrouded fenced row and lane Disparate pods releasing incendiary seeds seeking an aggregate gain   In Syria's suburban parks a mutant variety skirted eminent domain With underground cisterns to water it's hostile mane In desolate Sudan, a floral chalice did simulated hope contain Anon, pilfering hands it's potting soil did obtain