Even though defeated nightly, the
serpent revives
each time to threaten the world again.
Desirous of proximity
to a Sun god,
he brings no life
or light—naught but
destruction, sucking
everything, like a
black hole, into undifferentiated chaos.
But the cognoscenti know
He is but wax,
Malleable and quickly consumed.
To be published in issue #2 of Ascendency.
Andy Oram
June 20, 2025