Friday, May 23, 2025

The Museum of Science and Nature

 

Near the ceiling, mute in the dark, the columns

Still are complexly carved, no one to see

How pineapple chased pomegranate round

A checkered brede forever. Workmen died.



New stairs expose manual prayer made

Visible. God and joy, some mason said.

Do you want any more dumplings? asked his wife,

Reminding him that stone dead hath no fellow.



These lamps will help you trace and scrutinize

The capital embroidery, no record

Of labor's names. Perhaps, your program says,

Magic propitiates the gods of fruit.

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