by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán
Roots and shoots
sending out starbursts
made out of toothpicks
speckled racers and kingsnakes
secretly carving their names
on slightly concave fertile scrapes
laying clutches of leathery eggs
in bush-bur sage terrain
and rocky ranges
of brown-chinned slate
sounding like a rattler
by vibrating its tail
against dead vegetation
violently biting and thrashing
grooved rear fangs
immobilized prey
dark stripes through the eyes
bellies uniformly white
skillful climbers
tipped with sharp spines
on rainy nights eating sirens
feeding on spiders
fast-moving agile
hissing striking
as black headcaps
extend downward
into corners of mouths...
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