Paean to Kunderah is a poem by the Cardassian writer Maran Bry. It unfavorably contrasts a celebrated Cardassian victory over the Klingons with the Bajoran Occupation. (DS9 novel: A Stitch in Time) The price they paid in blood is returned by your healing kiss, My matriarch, keeper of the mysteries and companion To those heroes who stood between us and eternal night.