watching snakes

watching snakes

A Poem by JR

If you watch
a snake 
long enough
eventually 
it will
shed its skin
leave behind
ghosts 
leaves 
shreds
feathers 
pinwheels
an agony 
of
its history;

fatter
it waits
until it 
sheds
again.

© 2023 JR


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Added on November 8, 2023
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JR
JR

Placerville, CA



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