Tablets of Dissent

The winds whisper of their trade And how a bond of good faith can fade [Chorus] The scribe etches in dampened clay A record of discord where trust lay Nanni's anger through cuneiform Ea-Nasir's treachery thus was born Legends old of a trade gone sour A tale unfolds within the hour [Verse 2] Once came a man from Ur of Chaldees Nanni his name, wealth in the breeze He sought fine copper, pure and bright But Ea-Nasir gave him a blight The East will know our names Ea-Nasir's sails did glide Tales of copper, deceitful trades How can the markets abide A merchant and his client's wrath By Euphrates' ancient path Oh tablet found 'neath shifting sands Bears the curse of Nanni's hands Copper ingots, they were not fine Ea-Nasir's promise crossed the line [Verse 3] Through the bazaar's clamorous hum Echoes the plea of rights undone In the city where great ziggurats rise Nanni bargained, yet met his demise The tablets bear grievances engraved A legacy of dealings unbraved [Chorus] Hear the scribe recount the sour note Where Nanni's coin on treachery did float