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.

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Orpheus hangs out with Tristan and Phoebus on the porch of the mountain cabin while Ceres and Isolde cook supper, then Mars returns with fish he caught in the lake.

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