i was born in the congo i walked to the fertile crescent and built the sphinx i designed a pyramid so tough that a star that only glows every one hundred years falls into the center giving divine perfect light i am bad i sat on the throne drinking nectar with allah i got hot and sent an ice age to europe to cool my thirst my oldest daughter is nefertiti the tears from my birth pains created the nile i am a beautiful woman i gazed on the forest and burned out the sahara desert with a packet of goat s meat and a change of clothes i crossed it in two hours i am a gazelle so swift so swift you can t catch me for a birthday present when he was three i gave my son hannibal an elephant he gave me rome for mother s day my strength flows ever on my son noah built new ark and i stood proudly at the helm as we sailed on a soft summer day i turned myself into myself and was jesus men intone my loving name all praises all praises i am the one who would save i sowed diamonds in my back yard my bowels deliver uranium the filings from my fingernails are semi precious jewels on a trip north i caught a cold and blew my nose giving oil to the arab world i am so hip even my errors are correct i sailed west to reach east and had to round off the earth as i went the hair from my head thinned and gold was laid across three continents i am so perfect so divine so ethereal so surreal i cannot be comprehended except by my permission i mean i can fly like a bird in the sky20