More Green and the Blackest Ebony

the Egyptian queen's eye make-up had to be perfect she instructed her face painter to make it extra green and the blackest ebony you can imagine she instructed him the harried creator had to add more lead and more copper each time he thought it was right she shot him down More green, more black, and she frowned at his efforts No one was more difficult to please than Cleopatra He did not realize she was planning her death day. And wanted her corpse to look a certain gorgeous way