this doesn't have anything to do with anything
i [never tried and] failed to photograph
the ring-necked snakes
that crossed our path
the first was like a meteor
slid already into duff
revealed in act of disappear
but I should have just grabbed it
the second like an ied
tread past; unseen by me
erupting after, gone again
and the third and fourth and fifth
which are like God
BROS COMING DOWN THE HILL
WITH BABES
SAY, "DUDE LOOK OUT:
THERE'S SNAKES AHEAD"
"Rattlesnakes?" I ask, with hope,
"Um. Yeah," Already gone downhill
"Awesome," I say.
but
"Thanks," I mean?
I mean awesome
But the shadows swell already on the trail
there won't be anymore
snakes today.
