The Quest for Immortality: Seeds…

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“And in their bed chambers at night…

The young-folk of Uruk cry themselves to sleep…”

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“When the wild-man succumbs,

the animals will leave him forever.

He will no longer be a part of the herd…”

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“Where Hu-Wa-Wa comes and goes

are tracks whose ways are well trodden…”

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‘This desperate wanderer must be a killer’,

thought Shiduri, ‘Why else would he

be heading straight for me?’

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“When Aruru came, she held up in the air

her necklace of lapis lazuli,

Anu’s gift to her when their love was young…”