Best Extracted Poems

Artificial pairings forced friendships
and barriers of language, but seemed 
harmless, and without knowing me
painted letters in tidy rows
words on scented sheets signed with love
and read in secret.

Mother could be so distant
she must have known love once
waiting with a case of clothes
strange faces and writing books
no...

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Slippery
Cold
Carries dark spots and patches
Wet looking
Rope-like
Crawling
Shooting up
Hissing
A raising up of a floppy triangular head
A flinging out of a string-like tongue
A poisonous bite
A careless death
All these contribute to the fright of a cobra
Even though it obeys and dances
With the Indian flute
Even though with poisonous teeth extracted
A...

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