Quetzalcoatl

scaling the tower
cold-blooded and crammed
in a silver bullet shot
through the night sky

we stopped short of the door
intertwining with passion
slowly sliding in

molting our outer layers
the bird lay clutched with claws
she screams the serpent's name
in passionate praise of a naked god

for a time, feathers fly
bodies roaring like thunder
that woke me to morning

as silence stood bare
the serpent sank back to the depths below
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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