EGYPT

Brian named what I'd never heard;

Rachel confirmed what had sounded absurd:

All of my life I had lived there in secret;

All of my life in the middle of Egypt.

When Pharaohs ruled the trash

at midnight...

When pyramid tits did nurse

the sunlight...

When sands of time raged

& serpents killed queens...

How many moons on how many Halloweens?

How long was my childhood alone in that rage?

Long enough for this slave

to escape Egypt's cage.