Science Museum Group. Bronze hair curling tongs and trimmer, Egypt, 1575-1194 BCE. A634869. Science Museum Group Collection Online. Accessed June 2, 2018. https://collection.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects/co84592.
The wooden origami bird
Sings to me silently
Its tag number
198993
Belying the number of its kind
The sole survivor
From a life long gone
In a country far away.
Today’s world recognises it not
Knows not its name
Its purpose
Not the stories it could tell
Of lives lived
Of loves loved
Of dreams now apparitions in the desert air
© Sheila Ash
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