sheddingskin
have mercy on the serpent
cast from the garden
for which? the temptation
or the actual knowledge
between good and evil?
or all of the above
the serpent, whatever it had been
is condemned with that
creepy crawl of snakeness
but Satan is the most
beautiful of the angels
so proud within a delusion of
more strength than good
certainly he is the
smile in my secret mirror
--unfinished