rattling thunder
pummels the tinny tin can roof
under which you drive
through the swelling swamp-roads.
you say this is england.
i say this is climate change.
snakes emerge from murky water,
the same green as your eyes.
a hiss wobbles through your tar-bones
and your flesh boils to scales.
a fat, emerald python.
eating me whole and clean.
your bleach-bowels sear me.
a hapless, cocooned boy for a devil.
the teenage smile is what beguiled me,
tricked me into your drunken youth.
Jul 31, 2018
Jul 31, 2018 at 8:51 AM UTC
rattling thunder
pummels the tinny tin can roof
under which you drive
through the swelling swamp-roads.
you say this is england.
i say this is climate change.
snakes emerge from murky water,
the same green as your eyes.
a hiss wobbles through your tar-bones
and your flesh boils to scales.
a fat, emerald python.
eating me whole and clean.
your bleach-bowels sear me.
a hapless, cocooned boy for a devil.
the teenage smile is what beguiled me,
tricked me into your drunken youth.
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