fragments
Yesmeen sold this to me on Register 3. I paid $1.85.
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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.
My pre-emptive love song to Iraq.
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The woman is invisible
in her coat of shame
Our transparent burquas
graceless
ill-arranged
discordant
in brazen black
or shy as white
simmering
heat held in
the veils
negotiate
her relationship
with heat
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Aruru – Mother goddess of creation in Sumer who molds Enkidu from clay.
Shamhat – A temple harlot, responsible for the taming of Enkidu.
Ninsun – The mother of Gilgamesh, also called the Lady Wildcow Ninsun.
Siduri – The veiled barmaid, who keeps a tavern by the edge of the sea.