Turtles From Pillar To Step…
They crouched in line,
On harsh, stony desert sand
For their marathon race.
More than one hundred metres
On sun-baked flat,
Streamlined to keep the pace.
They trained on hills,
On soft, yielding desert dunes
For their tough ascent:
More than four giant steps
On Djoser’s pyramid tomb,
Baulked to hinder the event…
Pete Ray
February 2009…
Broken pillars awaited reassembly I guess, but they looked like turtles about to engage in a race to the Step Pyramid at Saqqara, Egypt…
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