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Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. Leonard Cohen

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Snake

cell phone photo black snake by lolamouse
Your scent is divine
Come closer
I need to see you

Your black tongue speaks lies
Smooth talker
You're not what you seem

submitted for Imaginary Garden With Real Toads, Sunday Mini Challenge, Lunes

14 comments:

Sherry Blue Sky said...

A slithery critter.......loved your lunes!

Kerry O'Connor said...

I find snakes to be very attractive creatures from a safe distance.

Scarlet said...

I am scared to coming close to snakes ~ Yes, be careful of those smooth words ~

Great shot of that black snake ~ Your lunes are wonderful to read ~ Thanks for participating in RT Sunday Challenge ~

Janine Bollée said...

The black snake is not good news, is it? I seem to remember there always being one just outside the hairdresser's and a warning notice up.
Good subject for a small bite of poetry.

hedgewitch said...

Definitely been there on number two--number one is my fave...just the right phrasing--really neat, LM.

Lolamouse said...

Aprille,
Around here (southern MD) at least, black snakes are helpful. They eat mice and other snakes, including copperheads, which are venomous.

Susan said...

What draws us close, what repels. Your short verse got them both!

Ella said...

Damn I know him..lol
What a smooth operator....eeewwww!
Love your take on the prompt~
We just had one like him in our garage ;D

Susie Clevenger said...

My my...be careful. :) Love your lune!

Kay L. Davies said...

Whoa, that surprised me, Ms Mouse. I'd have thought a mouse wouldn't get that close to a snake!
You did a great job of this prompt. I was all over the page with it, I'm afraid.
K

Ellecee said...

I really enjoyed your lunes,,sneaky fellow that black snake,,viewer beware,,, :-)

Helen said...

Oooooooh, something about this is most appealing. SSSSSSSSSSSSS.

Anonymous said...

Yowza, I dated a few snakes in my time. Then I married a snake charmer... and I was the captive snake myself. So I slithered out of that constrictive skin to escape!

Lola, in a handful of words, you managed to convey so much. Artful and honest. Amy

Carol Steel said...

I love the slithering attraction of the first lune and the wisdom in the second. Well done.