Anthony and Cleopatra sail down the Nile
In Empire's vast shadow
Lamps are lit, libations prepared
A heifer is bled
Under a full moon
Caesar's camp glitters like a jewel
The divine Augustus cut off from pleasure
lusts in the sand
The Sphinx keeps its secret
The goatherd's hands tremble
-Bibek Bhattacharya
Sunday, August 06, 2006
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oh... get away....
shades of Iphigeneia
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