I wish i were a reptile a young snake
so I could shed my skin by rubbing
my nose against a rock separating
it at my lips slithering out
to reveal a more hardwearing one
growing and sliding under
rocks through dark places unnoticed
sneaking into houses scaring
people inside.
Unbothered by cold i would hibernate
through it & in warm weather bask
in the sun lay eggs or give live birth
like boas & cobras & garter snakes
birthing a wriggling writhing mass of young
to begin growing molting
becoming more rugged & craggy with
the passing of each season.
Carnivorous i would eat whatever
i could catch master and swallow
rats & bugs & fiddler crabs & lizards
insects & groundhogs & even small dogs.
I’d have no heart to break & no conscience
or sense of loss i’d not think of my young
nor remember their father.
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