When the Snake Opens Its Mouth

"I am not God's servant. I am the serpent's tongue, his whisper in the world. You don't have to kneel down - a snake never wants you to kneel down, it just wants you to look up at it. My name is Thorne Orpheus. Those hard-boiled saints say that I am a tempter, a descendant of the ancient serpent. They are wrong. The snake never tempts, the snake just sees the longing that already exists in your heart, and then expresses it for you. All you have to do is nod. My God has no icons, no scriptures. It is entrenched in the center of everyone's desire. I'm just the one speaking for it. "