Relentlessly the muses asked to put the scene into words:
Expressing what was heard,
A mystery I beget, and deeply assured.
Standing to my center in the sun was Socrates, basking with a radiant glee.
Over to my left was The Serpent slithering along the tree,
Near to my right, a Singer, youthful face, and a voice producing a divine melody.
”Behold what you see, for there is an example to be known here.” Spoke the old philosopher.
”Exit from your Logic, and the divine shall draw near.” The Serpent would slither.
”And uphold your Love, for it shall make all things clear.” Sung The Singer.
Understanding nothing, I nod with compliance.
Thinking of this absurd alliance,
Yearning for more, I waited in silence.
”Venom is located within the glands of a snake, but for a man, it’s his tongue that will make men die, and men live.”Socrates said
Ending this bit of wisdom, he turned his head,
Introduced to The Serpent by its oncoming retorsion:
”Lo, that is wholly unproven.”
With perfect timing, The Singer came in chimming:
”Is wholly unproven”
Socrates accepted the challenge then,
Drawing in a breath of alms, and showing his palms:
”Oh but how could I prove it? I speak to give, and you speak to take. One will have power, and one will simply devour.”
Moving up the branches, The Serpent retreated, feeling defeated.
”If only it were more..” Was sung.
”May I implore!” Bells were rung.
”Take? I am the giver of life, and giver of death. Draw near me, and you draw your last breath.”
Hearing this, Socrates would laugh, then shake his head.
”Except you forget, one day you will find yourself dead.”
Laughter, laughter, while the Serpent brewed with deadly poison.
”Oh and you also! You have ed from the world, your body long gone!”
”Rejoice then! For the soul is eternal, and like you I shed that mortal coil.”
Defeat would fall upon that cold blooded beast, and in sorrow would he find no feast.
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