Not a snake

You say I’m a snake but snakes
move with purpose, right?
They lead with their head. Reach
with their mouth. Draw a
dry belly line with an impulse dotting
each turn.
Have you ever seen a snake tumble? Or trip? Or twist?
Not a snake.

4 thoughts on “Not a snake”

  1. i liked ‘dry belly line.’
    as a british commando during the cold december of 42, i witnessed a snake tumble, trip and twist as we raided the bordeaux harbor. that snake, like the german s.s., was no match for our limpet mines.

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  2. SCB: I agree. I am more like a monitor lizard. For example: my relatively high metabolic rate (for a reptile). And my sensory adaptations that benefit the hunting of live prey.
    IO: lovely.
    -Cecil

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