and rightly termed 'Great' for extensive conquests.
But also great for conquering vanity ?
No terracotta army for him;
no huge pyramid like a pharaoh;
no ayatollah's flashy mosque
and who knows what the arab Mohammad
would have doe if he'd had the resources.
A simple structure of weathered stone
not grand enough for a tourist attraction
Cyrus' tomb still stands in Iran.
Nobody else got out of the van
but I walked and stood and honoured the man.
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