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Cleopatra's Needle
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Cleopatra's Needle [ˌkliːəˈpætrəz -ˈpɑː-]
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Antiques) either of two Egyptian obelisks, originally set up at Heliopolis about 1500 bc: one was moved to the Thames Embankment, London, in 1878, the other to Central Park, New York, in 1880


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Bodies falling from these Towers New World obelisks Twins that rival Cleopatra's Needles Wonders that adorn this urban sprawl whose majestic symmetry Histographic modal spikes Rise so high Against the New York sky They stood there defiant Snorting smoke and debris Human debris falling, falling No chariots to gather them in NO gentle arms to rock them.
Bodies falling from these Towers New World obelisks Twins that rival Cleopatra's Needles Wonders that adorn this urban sprawl whose majestic symmetry Histographic modal spikes Rise so high Against the New York sky They stood there defiant Snorting smoke and debris Human debris falling, falling No chariots to gather them in No gentle arms to rock them.
 
 
 
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