PAST, PRESENT & YOU
Time is a wooden
match hissing.
So, brave
the obstacle course of life
because
whatever came around before
is coming
around again.
Past & present
hisses sulfur eyelashes
as wooden
match wheezes like propane
absconding
its vacuum welded tank
before the
future arrives in a low-cut
onyx beaded
gown with smoky fringe
& jade toenails
tossing autumn leaves—
pomegranate
maples & citrine hemlocks—
walnut hair
streaked by granite waterfall
& eyes
like scarabs scattered among
the tombs of
Egyptian pharaohs.
There she
is.
What’re you
waiting for?
scarab from Tutankhamun's tomb
--pakowacz
The dung beetle (Scarabaeus sacer) lays its eggs inside animal dung and then rolls it on the ground until it becomes a smooth ball which becomes not only a shelter for its young but also provides them with food when they hatch. When the eggs hatch baby scarabs run out of the ball as though they appear out of nowhere. Thus, the scarab beetle symbolized creation, life, and rebirth and was associated with the creation god Atum. The scarab pushing its little ball around also reminded people of the sun moving across the sky: Khepri (“he who came forth”) the scarab-headed god rolled the sun across the sky during the day, then pushed it over the edge of the horizon to its death every night. The next morning Kepri would rebirth the sun by rolling it back up into the sky from the opposite horizon.
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