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A PROMISE TO M

I was crafted for you long ago of bronze Carried by Egyptians like fine silk I was once the ankh pressed against your pain We crossed the Nile while pharaohs slept in lotus dreams The desert was once our home and Cleopatra, our Queen While the queen courted Caesar and General Ptolemy ruled We clung to the fevered silver of the stars But now is today and all is forgotten of us A promise to M. Written in sand

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