EGYPT 1

egypt 1 [doug duffey]

The hiddenness of divinity

Must go back to the old kingdom

Of sun temples, invisible power

And radiant life

It has been lost to the nile

there was only one boat

located on the east bank

where, during the voyage in the underworld,

the nocturnal passage across the sky,

amun stood in erection

then flooded thebes

deep within the temples

the colours changed

there were no crocodiles

ony ruins and hotels

the kingdoms of administration

museums and gift shops sprung up

mummified tour operators

display links between pharaoh,

cruise boats, and mc donald’s

Egyptian authority increased

The waters of kilometers

Sawed up and transplanted Rameses

Dug up and detoured deities

To Cairo, the Metropolitan, Angleterre

A scared precinct, broken down

Chopped up like Osiris

Past warring with present

Imitating the dawn of the world

The hand of god, stilled

[c] 2000 doug duffey [Luxor/Egypt] [C] 2009 DOUG DUFFEY