snake 


snake
so calm 
so cool against my skin
as you coil around my arm

some kid caught you
down by the creek
and part of me       enraptured      
wants to keep you
another cringes at your capture 
as my fingers clasp your head
what incarnation are you in
have you lain beneath my bed
how many times have we been kin
set me free instead      you stare
your clear glassy eye
takes me where we connect 
you and i
you slither in my brain
i'm in your head
and once again you are me
 
primally