Yesmeen sold this to me on Register 3. I paid $1.85.<\/p>\n
. – . – . – .<\/p>\n
I found out about Gilgamesh. The themes of the story: friendship, arrogance, journey, death. The women: Aruru, Shamhat, Ninsun, Siduri. Sumerian. I want to read it, let it in. <\/p>\n
My pre-emptive love song to Iraq.<\/p>\n
. – . – . – .<\/p>\n
The woman is invisible
\nin her coat of shame<\/p>\n
Our transparent burquas
\ngraceless
\nill-arranged
\ndiscordant<\/p>\n
in brazen black
\nor shy as white
\nsimmering
\nheat held in <\/p>\n
the veils
\nnegotiate
\nher relationship
\nwith heat<\/p>\n
. – . – . – .<\/p>\n
Aruru – Mother goddess of creation in Sumer who molds Enkidu from clay.<\/p>\n
Shamhat – A temple harlot, responsible for the taming of Enkidu.<\/p>\n
Ninsun – The mother of Gilgamesh, also called the Lady Wildcow Ninsun.<\/p>\n
Siduri – The veiled barmaid, who keeps a tavern by the edge of the sea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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