The Oracle

I throw the coins
As per instructions
It’s my turn
In audience of
A serpentine face
Atop belly-dancer body
I ask the current
Woman I’m seeing
Is this the end
Or have we just met?
Just pay attention
To the Oracle, she says
The snake turns to an ox
To a tiger then a rooster
Quite effortlessly and
Without panoply
Hands on the table
Manipulating yarrow stalks
It’s quiet suddenly
Time for the Oracle
Time for four horsemen
For rabbit-footed swine
And rat-headed monkeys
Fu, she declares, Return;
The time of darkness is past
Thunder in the earth
Movement is spontaneous
No blame: this
Cerberus in sheepskin
Has spoken
In tongues of dragonfly
Okay, thanks for asking
I turn to my lover
I’m thinking maybe sushi
Order an Uber will ya?