and growling.  It is the drums.



	rum tum rum tum rum
	   peeling
	rum tum rum tum rum
	  calling
	rum tum rum tum rum
		   above
the eunuchs are sleep walking
		   rum!
back and forth, this way, that way
		   rum!
march, halt! turn, halt! and forward!
		   rum!

(their callused feet make little
sound.  Unwakened by the drums)

The eunuchs are marching fast.
		   rum!
this way, that way, back and forth
		   rum!
our grandmothers' bones--weeping
		   rum!

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