I could not stay in Alexandria
the brilliant blue sea, the cloudless sky
the perfect yellow shore
all lovely; bathed in light.
Standing there, day dreaming of Antony
lost was he between her limbs
High Priestess of Isis
intoxicated Roman.
What color were her eyes?
Blue? Perhaps Nile green
like the eyes of my lover
far away on another yellow shore.
I could not stay in Alexandria
the blue sea, the cloudless sky
I must hasten to my Isis
an intoxicated Roman lost between her limbs.
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Dame Judi Dench reads from Antony and Cleopatra, Act V scene II at Westminster Abbey
toritto 
Modern thinking has it that Cleopatra was a black woman, probably not unlike modern-day Ethiopians, Somalis or Eritreans. After drooling over Liz Taylor in the role when I was a boy, that gave me quite a shock!
Best wishes, Pete.
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