I. Akhet
the tendency toward hyperbole,
the love of language
taken to its ends;
the missing of that which is before
one’s eyes:
overwhelmed by abundance.
II. Peret
promises being greater than expectation;
the sense that fecundity belies
disease—
shells of seeds that rot
at the bottoms of bellies.
III. Shemu
remorse bundled with doubt—
a smug package
sealed in gossamer,
reeking of oversalted soil.
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