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In the deepest night
At the coldest hour
In the trembling stars
The Sun God’s Flower
Travels safe
Within the womb
– the Heaven River
Goddess Tomb –
And Shu holds Geb
Upon the sand
While Nut uplifts
In Tufnet’s hand
And sleeping Ra
Wakes to rebirth
One single star
Falls to the earth