
Tiger Snake
in the country we discover
the twin bands of tiger snake ‒
it travels a pathway
to riverbank, a meal
of bird, duck, or gosling.
we watch and pause, the snake shy
of our company,
nothing eaten so far,
no error made, or tailbone struck
seems enough reason
for its leaving.
our chilled nerves and skin
are flensed in this scene, we know
one hundred reasons
to...