A HEADLESS SNAKE (fragment)
Real thing
It’s the real thing
Is it poetry
I’m telling you
What should we do
I wonder what to do
You shouldn’t do that kind of thing
I’m telling you
Don’t touch
Is it poetry
Not moving, though
Maybe it’s dead
I think it’s dead
Really
I can touch, then
This kinda thing, how’d ya say, it’s venomous
Venom
Venom
Is it blood
It’s venomous
Sure it is
One day a headless snake in my yard
Absolutely venomous
But, look
Looking carefully, I don’t see its head anywhere
Yeah
There