Poem January 18, 1982 Issue

Encounter

COSETTE E. BARKHURST

This morning I heard
the serpent talking.
What did it say?
Just what it always says:
"Evil is real"
(accompanied by the usual
glittering eyes,
flickering tongue).

"No!" I replied firmly,
"God is All."
I met the beady eyes—
gaze for gaze—
until the mythical creature
dissolved in shafts of light.

All day there has been
an invisible staff
in my hand.

COSETTE E. BARKHURST

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