| Snake |
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| See! Over there! |
| Head hidden between two rocks |
| from those persistent jays |
| who screech for all the world to see— |
| A snake is here! |
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| He hasn’t moved for almost an hour. |
| At last they have tired of his patience |
| and have flown away |
| to more important business. |
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| Unheeded now, he emerges |
| and crosses the hot sand of the country road, |
| leaving behind |
| only the twisted line |
| of his passing. |
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