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egypt.

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when she was young
she knew which way
the Nile river was,
no matter how many times
she spun around.

the insides of her eyelids
were encrusted with
hieroglyphics;
her tongue held the tattoos
only a sphinx would
recognize.

but he came and stole
her egypt, the way a poor man
steals a piece of bread;
to sustain his body, his heart,
his broken lungs
sick of breathing.

and for a while she lived
in the dark, wishing for her
egypt to come back to her
with it's golden sand
and pharaoh smiles.

but her mind was not a mind
without her egypt,
so to the man's house
she moved in the dark.
and with her hands
she claimed his throat
and took her egypt back.

and in the dark
with only spiders
to watch her at her work
she mummified his heart
and stepped back only
to appreciate her
handiwork.

and she whispered,
"Ra, praise; Anubis see:
my egypt has returned to me.
"

Ra: Egyptian sun god.
Anubis: Egyptian god of embalming.
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