The Snakeman's Dream

I'm glad that TPT Magazine features four of my poems in their latest November 25, 2024 issue (Issue VII). Three can be read on this page. One, "The Snakeman's Dream," is not printed but an audio recording of my reading can be accessed here. And that's why I'm sharing the text of the poem in this blog post:

The Snakeman’s Dream

 

No python, so it won’t constrict

and squeeze me to my last,

but it’s poisonous still.

 

Unfailingly, every night

this reptile crawls out of its hole

in a corner of my bedroom wall,

then entwines and slithers all over me

as I lie in bed alone.

 

Unfailingly, I wish

that its head is your hand,

and its body, your arm.

 

Ah, different bodies,

same venom.

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(image from TPT Magazine's webpage, November 25, 2024)