March 23–29 ❘ Uraeus
Ureaus
Pharaoh condescended
to let the girl babies live—
he saw no threat in them.
He didn’t suspect deceit from midwives
whose training in deliverance
was first and second nature.
His all-seeing eye overlooked mothers
with something to hide and sisters
guarding against the destroyer.
His own daughter easily evaded
his defenses. She drew his downfall
from the Nile and brought it
straight home to his bosom.
His whole life,
Pharaoh mistook women.
He little regarded the seed of Eve
and their deep-seated enmity
for snakes.
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