I am the Sphinx. I am the woman buried in the sand up to her chin. I am waiting for an archaeologist to unearth me, to dig out my neck & my nipples, bare my claws & solve my riddle.
No one has solved my riddle since Oedipus.
I face the pyramids which rise like angular breasts from the dry body of Egypt. My fertile river is flowing down below- a lovely lower kingdom. Every woman should have a delta with such rich silt- brown as the buttocks of Nubian queens.
O friend, why have you come to Egypt? Aton & Yaweh are still feuding. Moses is leading his people & speaking quilt. The voice out of the volcano will not be still.
A religion of death, a woman buried alive. For thousands of years the sand drifted over my head. My sex was a desert, my hair more porous than pumice, & nobody sucked my lips to make me tell.
The pyramid breasts, though huge, will never sag. In the center of each one, a darkened chamber.... a tunnel, dead man's bones, malignant gold.
Comments (9)
queen. Fascinating and original poem.
Cafe
yourself into the history in this
Egyptian piece.
Great poem !
Mick.
Just seeing your name makes
me smile, Thank you for your kind words!
~SAS~
With the quality of your
pen, I am honored by your comments!
Thanks friend!
~SAS~
Ken
Rob