On a rainy Saturday in March Sobek
The Crocodile God and I were in
The Metropolitan Museum. In a case
In Gallery 160 was a small bronze bowl
From Cyprus showing two women
Chatting with a crocodile. One of them
Was either giving him a palm frond
Or getting one from him. Sobek,
Though he admitted the strong resemblance,
Said "There are no crocodiles in Cyprus and I
Have never been there. Some other Sobek, perhaps --
One who is fond of palm fronds."
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