SERPENT:

Of onyx eye and gemmed ceramic scale,

Of darkened mind and slithering belly pale,

Sliding over dune, stone and scrubby shale,

Softly hidden behind fear´s sacred mystic veil.

Demonic, Satanic, of all sins, both bad and ill,

Lashing tongue, forked black and venom evil,

Crushing and spitting, committing his poison will,

 Engaging and engorging, sating his sorry evil fill.

Serpent-stone, Caduceus staff and symbol of mystery,

All lost in dogmatic dross and Cleopatra´s past whispery,

Only defending its rights within earth´s natural history,

Misconstrued upon the tongues of blustering blistery.