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World’s Tallest Building Opens in Dubai

One question comes to mind.

Calvin Trillin

January 13, 2010

This building finished in Dubai Is many dozen stories high– So high that it could terrify A pilot flying in the sky, So high that those who want to die Can jump from upper floors and try To prove that people cannot fly But can enjoy a long goodbye, So high that there is no supply Of higher buildings, far or nigh. Dubai, though I so hate to pry, Why build a building quite that high?

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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