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My man does odd things. I never know what to make of him.
After work in the back rooms of the temple, I was just coming out of a trance
and I found myself sitting on a sarcophagus.
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It's always odd, wondering what to do when one's faced with something like that
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Luckily I was well equipped, still with my knife from dealing with the sacrificial offerings that day
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So the obvious thing to do was
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to use it.
Luckily it wasn't too difficult
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but I really wondered
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if this was a sensible thing to do.
I went carefully
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but still wondered
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but excitement got the better of me
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as I worked in the dark cavern of the tomb.
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Sometimes the knife got caught
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and I really asked myself whether I should be doing this
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but despite my familiarity with the chants and incantations,
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no answer came.
Finally the lid was open
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and my heart jumped beats in wonderment at what might be inside
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as I lifted the wrapping
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and the embalming blankets
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the sight became quite extraordinary.
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Magic filled the air and I was startled
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by what became revealed. I unpacked the contents
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and didn't really know what I was doing
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I thought that mummified bodies were all dried up, powder and dust but as this one emerged
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the flesh seemed almost alive
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This was too terrifying and I went to sit down and think
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Love and kisses,
Pippa xx