[Nile]
In
the blue Nile underwater
listening
to the cool music
propped
through the gallery’s airwaves
free
to walk away
matching
profiles in case glass fix
the
gaze of another millennium
mysteriously
behold
in
their matching masks of covid blue
blinking
the unblinking sphinx.
Imperial
stone dropped into the space
cranes
lifted and landed, the pieces
the
latest update of emboldened empire
their
lineaments imploring
Do
not forget us! Be mindful
ours
too was a care for town and blossom!
Even
as latter-day droves of visitors glance
towards
the vague direction of the exit
an
exodus from the drowning present
its
promise of a next pandemic,
visions
of seasons turned golden dry,
pharaohs
who have lost the plot.
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