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My kingdom for love

He calls to me, at peace in

The Field of Reeds

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🥹That’s so beautiful 🖤

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The Nile’s last Queen

Sought by plotters and serpents,

Each kiss venomous.

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Lovely, kind of leaves it open to interpretation *who* is actually the venomous one. Very cool🖤

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♫ Reunited with…

Cleopatra and it feels…

so goo-- ♫ Damn, she’s gone!

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I don’t know the song reference (if there is one), but I love this nonetheless🖤

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Yes, it’s a huge song hit… Peaches & Herb, from 1978.

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I listened to some of it, lol. I am a beast of little patience for slow songs🤦‍♀️

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"Reunited" is a hit song for R&B vocal duo Peaches & Herb. As the second single release from their album, 2 Hot (1978), from Wiki.

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Copied above from Wikipedia...

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Ptolemy's daughter,

Ptolemy's brother-rival.

Caesar's concubine.

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It’s good that you reminded us that history defines strong women by their relationships to the men around them. It’s important to keep in mind, I love it🖤

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Yeah, it’s like her whole life story was defined by the men she formed relationships with…her father, Ptolemy XII; her brothers Ptolemy XIII and XIV (she married both); Julius Caesar and, finally, Marcus Antonius (Marc Antony). I guess such was the lot for even powerful women in those times…🤔

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Lady of the Nile

Bite of crocodile

Tails tell twists and turns

Emperors child Cesarean ripped

Gnashing toothless cry

No man could handle.

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Very dark and foreboding tone in this one, I love it🖤

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"...snake bite, a death that would have been long, painful, and left her with contorted features." Thank you for letting me know how that works.

Her many lovers included, famously, Julius Caesar (with whom she had a child named Cesarian) and Marc Antony (with whom she unsuccessfully tried to conquer Rome).

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I am your toxin-advisor extraordinaire!

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I am legend, queen of the known world

but as I hold the serpent to my bosom

the looking-glass is empty.

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Ooo that’s creepy! Is she undead? Are you just being metaphorical? I don’t know, but I love it🖤

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Partially suggesting undead, but mostly that there's no individual left when the legend is worn away. So really metaphorical. I never really considered a vampire Cleo!

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She would be terrifying!! But I love what you’re saying, we don’t really know anything about her personally, and who knows how much of the legend is even true. Very cool stuff🖤

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