Beyoncé as ishtar gatekeeper, ho, open thy gate! open thy gate that i may enter! if thou openest not the gate to let me enter, i will break the door, i will wrench the lock, i will smash the door-posts, i will force the doors. i will bring up the dead to eat the living. and the dead will outnumber the living." the gatekeeper opened his mouth and spoke, spoke to the lady ishtar "desist, o lady, do not destroy it. i will go and announce thy name to my queen ereshkigal." the gatekeeper entered and spoke to ereshkigal "ho! here is thy sister, ishtar ... hostility of the great powers ... when ereshkigal heard this, as when one hews down a tamarisk she trembled, as when one cuts a reed, she shook "what has moved her heart [seat of the intellect] what has stirred her liver [seat of the emotions]? ho there, does this one wish to dwell with me? to eat clay as food, to drink dust as wine?