by Nora Jay
“China insists Genghis Khan exhibit not use words ‘Genghis Khan’”
—The Guardian
The exhibition stars a man much puffed in Kazakhstan:
The bloody-minded emperor we know as .
At birth he clutched a blood clot just as big as a pecan,
And later had six wives, this ever-grasping .
This fact did not restrain him when he saw a courtesan,
In fact 500 (thereabouts) this randy .
Although he persecuted those who followed the Koran,
He had no pictures done of him, this awkward .
He introduced an alphabet, took power in Iran,
And unified the Silk Road, this pathetic .