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The Laughter of the Sphinx

The laughter of the Sphinx
caused my eyes to bleed
 
The blood from my eyes
flowed onto that ancient map
 
of sand
Ridiculous as I am
 
often have I been drawn
to such lands
 
rippling oceans of silence
and the distant, enigmatic glow
 
of burning shops and burning scrolls
overseen by river birds and mitered beasts
 
sad-eyed scholars and mournful scribes
omniscient ibises
 
and in the dust-clogged air
the laughter of the Sphinx
 
endlessly riddling, endlessly echoing,
loosing the blood’s engulfing tide
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