You recognize her
by peaceful
in a solitude pose,
the nocturnal eyes
analyze…
until the time to mate:
shade the scales,
move restlessly
for the skin is a prison
aka shagreen…
well, but a smell
will attract the mates:
20 minutes away
they feel and crawl.
Fraught struggle for week!
Try to find one, the honorable
out of 100…hisssss!
She brings babies
wiggling…
only 2 out of
30
will survive…
Then She just
‘tongue in the cheek’
mom’s duty
done
picks new
sounds
from the
ground…
Going, goes, gone…
On the move
in ‘S’ curve
Snake- queen.
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*The title's inspired by poem 'Illusion and Ignorance' by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
Read more at: PU Mid-Week Motif, Three Word Wednesday
What can I say!? You draw me into her beautiful strangeness, her effort and wildness!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the prompt, Susan! Things go slowly for me this week...
Deletethe end is beautiful almost fairy tale like...
ReplyDeleteThe Snake Exchange!
ReplyDeleteI've always liked them, ever since I was little.
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i am seriously glad i have never stumbled upon one of those snake orgies in the wild....saw a show on it...that would be too many snakes for my blood...ha
ReplyDeleteYeah that many snakes can stay far away from me when they go and umm partake lol
ReplyDeleteShe is quite the mother snake (I never knew they leave their babies so soon) ~ Have a good weekend ~
ReplyDeleteGrace
Amazing creatures, yes.
ReplyDeletei find it so interesting that a smell attracts the mates - and sad for her that only two out of 30 will survive...
ReplyDeleteTwo out of thirty survive. I didnt know that. I can see her slowly slithering away.
ReplyDeleteThe attrition rate is quite true. These baby snakes are vulnerable just as other youngs. Perhaps there is a good reason why they have big numbers at birth! Nice write humbird!
ReplyDeleteHank