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The Egyptians
Novelty had not yet
replaced seasons in
the ancient pantheon
of the Egyptians. With
the available majesty
of the Nile rising
up the legs of the ibis
and flooding the fields
of papyrus, why court
oddity?
There was active
distaste among even
maize slaves and stone
masons for changes
other than the seasons.
Take Death: too sudden;
thus steps taken such as
the preparations of
Tutankhamen. No Egyptian
liked surprises or the
vagaries of hope, knowing
the water one crosses
shapes to the boat.
Oh the brave and confident, the
habitual people of Egypt
who filled Heaven with Earth
by the cubit.