Challenge
Of a Snake | $25 of Juice
Write about a snake; physical or metaphorical, abstract or painted, realistic or cartoonish: in poetry or prose. Is your subject akin to the great Jörmungandr or Apophis? Perhaps more humanistic and Machiavellian? Maybe just a simple garden snake on the hunt or perhaps a character in an Aesop fable? The choice is yours, write of a snake. $25 in Juice to my favourite entry.
Slither
Sawtoothed scales shift in the sand.
Black diamonds ring her body in bands.
Her sinuous body coils and straightens.
Punishing the poorly-placed hand.
Cold-blooded and low.
She viciously strikes the fatal blow.
With narrowed eyes and forked tongue thrusting.
Predation is all that she knows.
Keep your eyes on the ground ahead.
Listen for the rattles, watch for the sheds.
When into the viper's domain you tread.
One off step and you'll find yourself dead.