Quiet Egypt
In Quiet Egypt on the tarp
Baby Cacti plays the harp
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Sparse, secluded, glowing beads
Philosophers had such nights in mind
As they drew lines from star to star
Architects leaned on calculus dreams
But the numbers were so far away
All those lights up in the sky
Couldn't count the creatures down below
Nestled in burrows and sleeping bags
The sea people making plans to overthrow dictating giants
Tomb robbers stumble over forgotten prose
The water kittens curled in ball upon their laps
With reverberating purring to quell the Meshwesh
Round belly dancers on the street
Tickling tummies in the open air
And though the night life was aging there
The tiniest romance sparked beyond that hill
It was so peaceful on that quiet night in Egypt
You could hear the candle wax dripping from the light
The pharaohs image etched upon those gilded beaches
Still clatter from the market collided with his throne
There was a tender spot beyond those shattered mountains
Ancient lovers fossilized in lyrical stone
Sand stained palmetto lizards spooning in the pyramids
Dueling tongues like young iguanas drinking from the Nile