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The Butcher by Pamela Ross Someone yanked your 

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The Butcher by Pamela Ross Someone yanked your 

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body, plucked
into pieces,
left to
rot,
waste away,
meat into
bones.

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I sliver,

I wait,

I strike,

I bite.

(c) Charles Waters 2016 all rights reserved.

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Stick

Or Snake?

Step

Or stay?

Sneak

Or shriek?

Dead

Or  alive?

I’m paralyzed!

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Stick

Or Snake?

Step

Or stay?

Sneak

Or shriek?

Dead

Or  alive?

I’m paralyzed!

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Stick

Or Snake?

Step

Or stay?

Sneak

Or shriek?

Dead

Or  alive?

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A snake?
Not me.
Come see!
On closer inspection
I'm only a section
of tree.

by Rebecca Gomez

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Ivy snakes traverse the park
seeking light
they spiral, arc
vines that pretzel over bark

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I knew it was a hose, so teased,
"Look, a snake!"
Then it moved,

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Don't run!
Don't scream!
I'm not what I seem ---
not a snake,
just a fake.

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From deep underground
An errant tentacle rose
Into a vast void.

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Silver-capped toadstool
snake of copper pipe
large golden nugget
a Metalurgist's delight!

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Monsters sprouting
Under winged
Snowflakes
Horseshoe crowns
Rooting dragons
Offspring
Off season
Mushrooms frozen
shivering

poem  By Jessica Bigi

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Screaming, running,
she was so scared.
But what about me?
See how I fared!

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snake, branch, worm, root
Terrifying, kinda cute
Bending, twisting, curlicues
I am anything I choose