Last night I dreamed a strange
Documentary about ancient Egypt
With its 130 pyramids and Sphinx
How far away from them and yet
Entering their sunlit temples on TV
The serious business of mummification
While the narrator fingers their bones
Curled into a fetal position
A whole people without the fear
Of death this life but a preparation
For the next immortal one
Even before the Bible
They recognized resurrection
And that even in the after-life
You would need your clothes
Your jewels and throne
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