Short Archeologist Poems

‘The Archeologist … ’      33rd   Senryu

        Bible, Map, Compass
Dig With Whole Soul, Heart and Fists
         … Archeologist !...

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History fascinated us
From the hither and the beyond
Kings and Queens

Tutankhamun
His curse
His life
His youth

Would I have ventured into that tomb?
Had I been an archeologist?
On that dig?
In Egypt?
Of course!

In some ways I think 
his curse has returned...

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Before I die
I want a mouth filled with gold teeth.
So, when they excavate me after a thousand years.
They'll think I was royalty-maybe even a king-
To fool an archeologist (grave robber) I think is a noble thing.

Good kings should be buried like the common man.
No monuments or pomp-- Purple garments or crowns.
Just a simple pine box in the cold-cold ground-...

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