Snake
Imagine yourself a snake.
Lie on the floor right where you are.
Take off your arms, even your shoulders.
Resign yourself to the permanent loss of opposable thumbs.
Fuse your legs together down to your feet.
Lose even your hips, and weave your extended torso
across the
floor, slithering,
flagging your
toeless tail
in the same air
where you extend
your
forking tongue.
Now write a poem.
Do not add legs.
Michael Dylan Welch