Pyramids

This is not the first of our great steps. It begins in an alcoholic stupor Someone carves in stone - "Khufu must be drunk." Just so, Red-eyed Up here, a hot Sun rising glues sand To burning skin with sweat. Another stone is raised - a head drops, Dwelling on it. Complicated is not Chiseled here alongside The river;we breed, We stink, We vanish Into the sand like Dung-beetles This is The Old Kingdom and what is seen As new is tomorrow's murderous sun. We have more runes to carve. We have grave issues With an afterlife, Period. Notes: Khufu: King and builder of The Great Pyramid. The Old Kingdom: The time of pyramid building. 2700 - 2100 BC.