Ancient hieroglyph upon the wall:
Rameses and Nefertari

Constant
Companions
Linked forever
Arm to shoulder

Through the eons of time
Love endures, in stone of life

A pyramid
Climbing
To the stars.


(Previously published in Waxing and Waning, Winter 2000, Issue 6)

Laurence Overmire

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