Glycon Snake God
© Surazeus
2025 02 14

The plum tree gleaming white on grassy knoll
lures young boy across tangled clumps of grass
with eager desire to consume sweet fruit,
but hiss of serpents slithering in the grass
causes him to freeze, though his heart beats wild,
so breathes misty air that stings his soul.

Breathing deep intense spirit of the mist,
Alexander centers beam of starlight
to gyrate coils of fraught anxiety
in brass wand fixed with diamond at its tip
as he steps slowly over tufts of grass
among the snakes with eyes gold as the sun.

Stopping before the plum tree gleaming white
with delicate blossoms that veil green fruit,
Alexander reaches out trembling hand
to touch rough bark with courageous despair,
but Glycon, enormous serpent with wings,
rises on coils and leans close to his face.

"Small hairless monkey with moon-silver eyes,"
hisses Glycon with emerald-green eyes,
"I am incarnation in serpent form
of wise Asclepius, healer of the soul,
so I have returned from Realm of Ideas
to offer salvation to all lost souls."

Young Alexander with long wheat-gold hair
spreads arms open and smiles with calm delight,
"Great Glycon, spirit serpent of our world,
teach me arcane wisdom you bring from stars
so I foresee events that will occur
when I trace primal cause to each effect."

Coiling around brass wand with diamond tip
that Alexander holds in his right hand,
Glycon lifts his head above moonlit gem,
"I commission you, wingless monkey seer,
to preach salvation of my holy word
for common folk against fake gods in power."

Striding boldly in Paphlagonian hills,
Alexander journeys with serpent wand
to bustling city of Byzantium
where he proclaims that kind Asclepius,
son of Apollo, has been born again
to save mankind from doom of corruption.

Hundreds of hungry souls searching for truth
gather around the tall angelic man
who preaches, "Though you are all lost in gloom,
I bring light of Apollo to your lives,
for Glycon Snake God reveals to my eyes
how I can make our nation great again."

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Orpheus watches Alexander preach salvation through oracles he receives from Glycon Snake God with skeptical analysis of his prophecies.

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