" A True Rarity "
by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán
A true rarity
snapping off tails
paler markings on scales
moveable eyelids
legless lizards
mistaken for snakes
head body length
prominent with age
when regenerated
as racers and whip snakes
except during hibernation
in some parts of the range
foraging throughout the day
decidedly isolated
in clumps of vegetation
with heads raised
in rugged terrain
savagely escaping
yanking away
at widely separated
lacerations
after scooting
into unknown places
between adjacent labials
hissing and vibrating
getting ready to strike
boldly outlined
difficult to define
suffused with light
like opposite types
as remnants of juveniles
anally divided by anterior eyes
at the mouth line of a viperous bite...
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