The Last Pharoah
Hail Cleopatra, Princess of the Nile
Cunning lies within your devious plan
Secrets cleverly hidden in a smile
Silent Cobra coiled, striking heart of man
Your body a temple, your sacred shrine
Bathed in duplicity and sweet beguile
Taste Ceasar, Antony, on lips of wine
Life lived in beauty and splendid denial
Rome laying siege to your glistening crown
Stinging bite of asp, a fitting demise
Egypt cried rivers in sorrow and drowned
The world left to ponder in truth or lies
Surface beauty of face and form so rare
Masks sinister ugliness hidden there
Copyright © Bernadette Langer | Year Posted 2006
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