Aunt History and the Sumerians

“What if,” asks Aunt History
“we’ve outlived
The age of thankfulness”
A truth she thinks—a stone
In our shoes
‘What if Ur had lasted?
We’d be giving thanks
With cuneiform on rude clay”
From Sumerians
To the Persians
Plenty of thanks
Sell a horse? Thanks
Plant a garden? Thanks
This morning
All the people she meets
Have dead eyes

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