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Sunday, May 01, 2005

in this desert you are king

and my interest is only in your desire for conquest. In your high walled palace you bathe in milk and dress in silk, and i am well-acquianted with the stone that forms its shell. For my solace i dream of your brazen dances and exquisite romances and the blood that lines the floors and corridors. We are connected by a line you do not know, a life you do not imagine you carry in tow. I have skulked in those airy balconies and wide cloisters, espied you at your work and play. I am neither envious nor hateful but will see you every time i close my eyes anyway.

in this desert you are king but they say the dunes belong to no-one. The stacks of swords wait at the port but in the meantime i beheaded two spies. We light a galaxy of fires in the evening, stream a trail of footprints in the morning, yet you haven't sent anyone to meet me in months. We are approaching the city soon.

2 Comments:

  • once, the king was a commoner too -- and though they say the dunes belong to no-one, as he climbed over the dunes, it was as if that part of the desert was his for that brief moment.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Tuesday, May 03, 2005 9:17:00 AM  

  • but was he conquering them, or sharing in them? i have seen him at war and play, sometimes it looks the same.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at Wednesday, May 04, 2005 3:05:00 AM  

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