As fascinating as it may seem to look at ancient Egyptian artifacts like mummies and shawabtis and canopic jars, and to wonder about their provenance, I'll do you one better: we can also wonder about the mysteries of ebola virus and the unpredictability of the pain scale as we have come to know it, courtesy of a fellow blogger at hyperboleandahalf.blogspot. For more musings on life and death, go to blog.amynelsonhahn.info if you dare...
Figuratively
In a manner of speaking,
it would somehow seem
the little dummies won:
they conquered time,
and rendered themselves
indispensable,
perhaps even a little bit positive
this side of the divine and knowing.
How much dignitaries prize
their reputations over art;
they staked a heritage on the very
survival of art -- pure genius
left to the craftsmen,
left to the people
only to have followed
ever so closely
however figuratively.
Copyright (c) 2012 Amy Nelson Hahn
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