En-nigaldi-Nanna’s Peculiar Collection of Ancient Curiosities

Maybe not the first
Museum as such,
But proof reverence

For the revenants
Of dynasties past
Ran strong long before

Antiquarians
Or your sciency
Archaeologists.

So, maybe after?
Imagine someone
Whose values you can’t

Really imagine
Rummaging through mounds
Of Met or Louvre

Or whatever’s left
Of the rapacious
British Museum.

Will they find it quaint,
Almost endearing,
That people hoarded

The hoards they’re raiding?
Not if true looters
Get there before them.