Pass through and you will see
the serpent’s fangs are bared
and venom drips slow and sure
into our mouths open to catch the falling rain
Even dead, the snake’s venom seeps into the river
and when we kneel to drink
our eyes see through the veil
so again and again we come to kneel
in hope that the prayers we cast away
might be answered by the bitter waters
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I’m fairly certain the snake in that picture isn’t venomous, but you get the point. Happy September!
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Mitchel David Ring 
4 responses to “Venom”
Happy September! Where the heck did summer go?
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Who freaking knows… Apparently time also flies when no one is having fun.
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This is like something out of an indigenous American mythology
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I hadn’t thought of it like that! Interesting, thanks for letting me see it in a new way (:
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