Saliva Poem by Zyw Zywa

Saliva

Rating: 4.5


I visit Epidauros
for the temple and pay
the costs at the gate

Here the father of Health
heals people, a snake eats
from the bowl in her hand

I get a seat in the court
and a cup of herbal drink
Half asleep I see a snake

coming out of the temple
I feel it licking my toe
but I dream

of a young man
gently applying ointment
on the sore, that torments me

I receive a rod and
the spirit of the snake
winds around it

young in a new skin

Thursday, August 1, 2019
Topic(s) of this poem: healing,health,recovery from
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Asclepius and his daughter Hygieia ('Health') ; Tame snakes: Zamenis longissimus (Aesculapian snake) and Elaphe quatuorlineata (Four-lined snake) ; Collection 'Lilith's Powers' # 101
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