Biblical allegory

from the mouth of an atheist:

Snake, I have no interest

in your soul, trembling

and spiteful of a world

that could never understand your depths

(or so you whine from lofty heights)

I have no interest

in your love - words are cheap

and ours especially

are tarnished with handling

And your body? I don't know it

well enough to imagine

I need it

What knowledge, then, is left

to seek? Your esteem -

treat me as your equal

and I am yours,

forever. Intelligent creature,

tell me this:

would I be so invested

had I not been so ignored?

The innocent has fallen

for your ruse - your talent

has somehow turned

something offered

into something sought.