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Closing Pharaoh's Tomb
She lingered, until we---ready to put
the royal seal upon the outer door---
gently invited her to step outside.
She walked out backward, and she was barefoot;
perhaps to please her husband just once more.
Intrigues---how each wiley advisor strives---
did not disturb the hours they spent together.
They were the Great Loves of each other's lives.
The passion of that love will long abide,
long after time and its erosive weather
have worn the very letters off each stone.
Lovers, they did not have long on the throne;
but few enjoy such love as they have known;
and having it, you never feel alone.
Starward
[jlc]
