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The Triangular Prims

The pyramids are the triangular prims of the Egyptian desert, monumental in height, and unsurpassable in endurance... works of the hands of the whip-lashed Hebrew slaves; no grief-striken faces were ever carved into them, but those voices still recede into their lamentation's songs. From each angle they seem equal in length, narrower at the top and wider on the bottom, and hotter than the dry sand dunes that thirst for rain; and the Valley of the Kings, which perpetuates death's bliss, still intrigues any archeologist who wanders in their labyrinth. And delving deeper into our imagination, they are massive tombs in which the servants gave the deceased Pharaoh a superb make-over, putting rouge on his lips and cheeks; adorning him with an arkh necklace, and a scarab amulet with bright colors, and these triangle-shaped pyramids are more solid than the boulders of a canyon, and have never been shaken by an earthquake or devastated by a flood.. From the seat of a small airplane, they take the unmistakable shape of cones with the evidence of continual corrosion caused by whipping winds; this is the home of spiders that eternally crawl into the sandy storms; every pyramid displays an intricate design, alluding to a more advanced species, which for some unexplainable reason fled from danger with the swiftest rhythm. Copyright 2009 by Andrew Crisci

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Date: 10/9/2009 4:24:00 PM
The last three lines show a very unique perspective! Boy do I want to go to Egypt! Light & Love
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Date: 10/7/2009 10:03:00 AM
~~~Magnificent Andrew~~~ Thank you for sharing your amazing poetry with us today. I enjoyed reading it. Love, Carol
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Date: 10/7/2009 4:24:00 AM
I love this one. That had to be terrible time for the Hebrews. I have read that they don't believe in trying to preserve the body. Don't know if that is true. Nicely done write. Keep writing. Sara
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Date: 10/6/2009 11:36:00 PM
You are on a roll with this delightful genre Andrew.Rgds Brian & thank you for your welcome blog comments today
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Date: 10/6/2009 10:19:00 PM
mesmerizing poem.mesmerezing as the Pyramids themselves-Charma
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