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.