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Snake Bite
Posted: 13 January 2004
Word Count: 71
Summary: With encouragement from my sister, The Walrus.
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Let the snake,
Sink its fangs
Into your arm.
Let the poison,
Enter your veins.
Let your veins
Pump the poison
Around your body.
Let the poison
Reach your heart.
And when it gets there,
And the snake believes
It is about
To take your life,
Embrace the poison
As if,
You are grabbing
The fangs
Right out of it’s mouth,
Assimilate it,
Transmute it,
And welcome
In you,
Its power.
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 roovacrag at 21:07 on 13 January 2004
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Wow Marcus,this is very good. I loved the flow of it and the venom seering through your body to make you as strong as the snake in which you took it from.Well done. xxx Alice
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bluesky3d at 21:49 on 13 January 2004
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Marcus - I liked this - it is interesting to see you have another side your writing.
What do you see the snake as symbolising - evil, guile, or natural wisdom?
Andrew :o)
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Marcus1 at 22:11 on 13 January 2004
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Fearless, biting, yes.
Alice, yes, very accurate comments. You understood exactly where this was coming from, and more....
Steve, I can only thank you for your consistent and considered commentary on my work. Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed.
Andrew, in short, natural wisdom. This piece is about one idea only, to transmute the suffering of life into power.
Thank you all.
Marcus
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The Walrus at 22:57 on 16 October 2004
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Thought I'd flick through your extensive catalogue....
What I really like about your work is its purity. It is void of ego (at worst, acutely aware of it) and represents universal truth.
This snake analogy is a good one. What is perceived as 'bad' or 'evil' can only be such if it viewed as such. Acceptance, embracement (is there such a word?) is everything. It is the deciding factor.
Sis
x
btw - quid pro quo re: comments.
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Plagious at 18:34 on 20 August 2005
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Quite a masochismic imagery, but have to agree with bluesky3d.
Lovely piece from Random Read. Very tight and precise use of words, just like those of your sister, "The Walrus"!
Plagious
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