Poisonous Snake Of Jealousy

Poisonous Snake Of Jealousy
© Surazeus
2026 05 02

When frantic trees bloom out from radios 
in self-controlled chaos of eager fear, 
Mars roars motorcycle in city maze 
to buy fresh bread at the small bakery 
where Ceres sells seashells and sangria 
while Phoebus plays guitar on the front porch. 

Cerulean waves of the Pacific Ocean 
sparkle on expanding beach of gold sand 
where Tristan and Isolde stroll hand in hand, 
brave hearts tangled in forbidden emotion 
while her husband attends church with Lilith 
to sing hymns of Emily Dickinson. 

Deciding Isolde is the girl for him, 
Mars challenges Tristan to armed combat, 
but the clever university scholar 
tricks him to buy his cryptocurrency, 
investment in future technology, 
then swipes motorcycle keys from his pocket. 

Wind blowing their hair with electric joy, 
Tristan and Isolde drive his motorcycle 
on winding mountain trail of singing pines 
to hike broad Valley of Yosemite 
where sun glimmers gold on grandiose cliffs 
that inspires the ghost of Albert Bierstadt. 

Hunting them down with shotgun of hot rage, 
Mars learns to paint with glowing light of truth 
to interpret landscape of the wild west 
with subtle expression of Luminism 
that highlights sublime beauty of great mountains 
where Tristan learns from Phoebus how to sing. 

Startled by copperhead snake in her garden, 
Isolde holds basket of cherries with care 
till Tiresias, strange old bearded man 
who runs the corner grocery store, appears 
to snatch poisonous snake of jealousy 
and transform it back into magic wand. 

Pouring fresh orange juice for Tiresias, 
Isolde sits at the rough-oak kitchen table 
and asks him to explain astrology, 
so he teaches her how to calculate 
cardinal process of cause and effect 
that pivots spiral of atomic change. 

Pushing open door of marital fate, 
Ceres appears from storm over the sea, 
grabs ear of Mars with affectionate snarl, 
and drags him to the small white country church 
where Tiresias officiates wedding 
attended by everyone who knows why.