SNAKE

coiled about itself

like an ouroboros

dead inside

a zip lock baggy

in a freezer

so much more

than a reptile

on ice

look at it

closer

touch it

touch it!

pick it up

hold it

you don’t get it

do you

you don’t see it

do you

the overwhelming

beauty

how everything

is urgent and matters

even

road kill

how can you 

when your brains aren’t scrambled

and time

hasn’t come unhinged

when you aren’t standing

nearly naked and shedding

in the middle

of your own life

while a killing cure

snakes through your veins

how can you

when the road you’re on

isn’t crawling with

unexpected switchbacks