Snake



Waller around in this pile of dust you’ve
been licking up.
Drilling deeper down into the dirt with a
forked, reptilian tongue.
Twisting coils of leathery skin ‘neath scales
of golden sun.
Swallow your tail, only to realize it’s how you’ll be undone.

Another sits near, watching you writhe,
the dirt dragging you down, out of sight.
She admires your determination, but you’d
call it fear, with your final breath to the
light.

Pour yourself into the hole that opened
beneath you, a grave you carved out with your
scales, like shovels, your armor
broken now, you plummet down
spine emerging like soft palms reaching out
to catch you as you flail.
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Written on 2017

Submitted by lifeasalyric on November 04, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

36 sec read
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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXAXXBB XCCAC XXXXXX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 655
Words 121
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 7, 5, 6

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  • Adroity
    Well done
    LikeReply17 days ago

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