Rattlesnakes

 

Everybody loves her but

she steals the boys

she knows I like

transforms into cunt

who snatched my father

and tattooed his soul

onto the small of her back

 

I smile, growling through teeth

that form a silent hiss

think of ways to poison her drink

poke out her eyes

but only succeed in swallowing

myself whole

 

Roar of thunder waves

I collect 6 x 6 shells

form a ring around his heart

but that’s for sparrows

and I’m a dog who crows

at seals and serpents

in the green night brine.