
The agile reptile, which can effortlessly spring for the neck of a person, knows better than to approach this King. A dutiful server of a very special royal guard, it precedes and announces the Queen’s arrival.
The King nods and, once noticed, the redblackwhite serpent recedes back into the golden warmth of the bedchambers.
His wait over, the man shifts position. Yet, striking another relaxed pose. That might fool many, if not all in the court. But not his Queen. While others only arrive at his image like a threshold, from where to respectfully behold his divine presence, she regards him as a window.
She sees through him.








