Short Ankh Poems

Flash. Us dancing. Flash.
Rum and coke. Flash. Happy.
Flash. Laces. Flash.
Smoke. Flash. Dirty dub.
Flash. Keep your hands in the air. Flash.
Absolute vodka. Flash. Beat.
Flash. Chanel 5. Flash.
Sweat. Flash. Ankh.
Flash. Smile. Flash.
Your eyes. Flash. You in my arms.
Flash. Us. Flash.



From URBIS (Paralela 45 Publishing House, 2016)
Translated by me....

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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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An artifact juts from the dirt
with glib glyphs and weird words
A man holding a snake
and the outline of a lake
Seem to warn present day man
with scrawl from a caveman
Is it cryptic scribble-scrabble? 
Is it ancient psycho-babble?
One finger points to the sky
Does it mean the time is nigh?
A broken ankh and a scarab
And an angry looking cherub
Seem to say, "Don't forget,
You came from the One who begets.."
Or maybe it's just a prehistoric cartoon
Drawn by some crazy loon...

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