Ptah.
twelve snow white alabaster
arrowheads are laid
out in a circle, and
in the center a nodum
of cedar, head-fist.
Ptah.
ten-thousand fallen leaves
are gathered and hung by
their stems with string to form
a cube, erectus in angulo, before
the single eye of the mound.
Ptah.
four-hundred fish bladders
are stitched into an effigy-
doll, whose face seems only
wanting, sine oris, osiris
sign orison sing ore sound.
