Hiss Story

a baby rattler
a coil of consequences
napping on warm stones


John G. Lawless
7/8/2020
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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Wolf Avatar
July 8, 2020 at 10:49 PM
'a coil of consequences' -- that line stopped me in my tracks! … apropos, too, for a poem about a rattler! FAVE! Superb Haiku, John! Thanks, Gershon
Woodrow Avatar
July 8, 2020 at 10:40 PM
Good one! :)
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July 8, 2020 at 10:16 PM
This is cute and has bite! "D
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