The Book of Women by Laux Dorianne

Author:Laux, Dorianne [Laux, Dorianne]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: poems, women, poetry, chapbook
Publisher: Red Dragonfly Press
Published: 2012-12-04T05:00:00+00:00

Black She-Snake Speaks

When I see him sliding toward me,

parting the grass, his long body flaring

in the noon sun, a black comet

riding the earth, sawdust

from the chicken coop

on his beautiful blunt nose,

my breath catches in my throat

and my fangs tremble.

I don’t know his name,

but I don’t care. He tips his head

up above my back and runs

his soft blonde belly scales

along my spine. I can’t tell you

how fine it is to feel

all 200 vertebrae quiver at once.

He’s my pleasure stranger. Forgive me.

I let him braid himself around me,

all the way up to my heart.

And when he enters me I twist

my tail tighter to receive him,

our bodies a raised and knotted scar,

our muscles flexed and bulging, shining

like the darkest wet clay, until

all we know is this ordinary day:

his head grazing my sleek umber neck,

the red pearls of his eyes seized by light.

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