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.
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A willing prey
You wrapped around me
Strong and tight
Your teeth like scales
Rough against my skin
You slithered in
Poison in your veins
Spreading through my body
Stealthy hands
Coiling around my throat
Breathlessness is a word I
Cannot say
Instead I choke
As you swallow me whole