With bacon, eggs and toast we greet the day,
Drink coffee and review the world’s affairs,
Or grill a barbecue beside the bay,
Forgetting for an hour or more life’s cares.

You joke and laugh and wryly sum men’s follies.

You tell me that my company’s a joy.

Yours is, too, dear brother. All my worries
Fly when you are with me, dearest boy.

What will I do, Osiris, if you leave me?

As Isis grieved, your leaving too would grieve me.