Domestic Shades-18

Snake

It came and went
And came and gazed
For hours
Unmoved I too gazed
And I too feared
And over the roof it vanished sinuously

Night

Twirls of hisses
Frightened and frightened
Choked throat searched for the water-jug
Alas!
Screeeeeamed!
Not me but hubby
Next day
Spectacled reptile
Bid us immortal fare-well
In sweet sorrow
Intestines writhe in guilty heart
This minute even long after

poem by Indira Renganathan
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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