Legend states
that to call the serpent from the gold
one must give first.
Flattery and greed will lure the serpent out,
leaving defenseless the pile of riches
that will then be free for taking.
So then you must
take and run.

Place a flat rock on the ground. Walk around it five times. A storm will fall and break the rock in two. One part will be collected by the sky
The other will be taken home. A boat made of sticks capsizes in the sea, bringing its two passengers into the grave.

I stoop through the domed archway
Visited by the shadow
fearing
I fear without cause,
the same nausea that I felt last time
it hasn’t left me
as I had hoped.
Spoken gently he said,
..
and I followed him
through the domed archway
paused a moment to observe the ceiling cracks
visited by the shadow
hasn’t left me,
as I had feared
and how far deep they sounded in the dark.

There is this and there is that,
he said.
And I could not choose between them.

Antkeeper watches the birds fly by,
Seek shelter from the rain
and stare at the soil
(until it turns to mud.)
Antkeeper says, “Isn’t it fascinating?”
I’ll nod and he will feel proud of his observation.
But when Antkeeper, looked to the ground,
looks up, he tells me,
“Oh! Such a tiresome expanse,”
and sighs and looks down again.
I cannot remain silent and he shouts that I am simple-minded.
Then I’ll nod and look up, the tiresome expanse before me, simple-minded person,
and become fascinated.