Good Company

The great god Thoth

the Egyptian

patron of poets and giver

of written language

deity of the moon, 

magic and wisdom

record keeper, scribe,

and measurer of time

presides in statue form

over my desk and laptop.

He holds a tablet and pen

in the act of inscribing.

Next to him, in a goblet,

I keep an ibis feather.

(Ibis abound here.

I like that.)

Thoth was often portrayed as ibis-headed, as he is in my statue. The crescent-shaped beak symbolised his connection to the moon. (He would have used a stylus for inscribing his tablet, but I said 'pen' to make a bridge to the present.)

I'm linking this poem to Poets United's Poetry Pantry #338