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Snake Bite

by  Marcus1

Posted: Tuesday, January 13, 2004
Word Count: 71
Summary: With encouragement from my sister, The Walrus.




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.