TRAGIC Poem: Cadmean V. The Aureate Snare, by Daniel Waarens

Puppy born without ears, unable to hear, deemed useless, death foreseen
Aegocerus saves the Laconian dog later becoming loyal Cadmean
Since, each others side remaining, puppy becomes dog with his man of many years
Living lowly, ignoble, performing favors for fellow man
Labors not always well-meaning or moral, questing without question, integrity kept
through ignorance

Crusades rarely lacking consequence, they wronged the electric witch
Lady luck had left their hands, the fates places would switch
Zeus renowned for seeking revenge, sends after them his Castorian
Dionysus acknowledging they had no fault, tells Cadmean his destiny is to never be
caught

Laelaps, canine made of lightning and obedience
Born in Pleonos from the wolf made of stars, Zues’ sunless child made only to serve
The glowing golden hound made to hunt any being, destined to catch its prey
His eyes, infinite voids of indifference, and his teeth a hundred blades of zinc

The Castorian could be seen from a million miles away, its aureated skin glowing in
the saddened sun
No matter how good the hound was at hunting, his glittering body incapable of
keeping hidden
120 years the man and dog spent, traveling, keeping distance
Years were catching up, enclosing the space, safety was so fleeting

Hidden in wood and undergrowth, they lie in the loam
Enfeeblement of age has entrapped them in the earth
His Laconian lies in agony, refusal to die destroying him
Aegocerus’ only friend suffering from his loyalty, man faces amicicide
Now sobbing, screaming, overwhelming grief, no longer caring for concealment

Laelaps mere moments away, running full force, identifying direction of sound
His last stand, Aegocerus accepts suicide seconds before being devoured
Predestiny never fulfilled, beast becomes flowing river, runs till end of times
Zues turns deceased companions to constellations, for Laelaps failed to kill
Cadmean the Laconian, prevailing over the Castorian only through deat