marlene mountain
poems
1979-1980s
december 7 1979

i am snake

i unhinge my jaws
  hiss you into my cottonmouth
    venom you until my swallow
      fits your bone

i sidewind my jaws
  slink you into my cobracoil
    coral you until my flicker
      hits your bone

i constrict my jaws
  asp you into my apsidal
    viper you until my fangpit
      sips your bone

i hognose my jaws
  scale you into my serpentine
    diamond you until my rattler
      dips your bone

you are herpetologist

note: in the play yoni

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