Stifling steaming
sweaty suffocation
Vines envelop
inescapable intwining
Sun pierced canopy
light jagged glass
In shifting shadows
a crawling cacophany
Slithering serpents strangle
branches of
overhead dread
of filth
and bite
and sting
In eyes and smiles
the jungle breathes
heaving
coiling
waiting
Oct 10, 2022
Oct 10, 2022 at 5:06 AM UTC
Stifling steaming
sweaty suffocation
Vines envelop
inescapable intwining
Sun pierced canopy
light jagged glass
In shifting shadows
a crawling cacophany
Slithering serpents strangle
branches of
overhead dread
of filth
and bite
and sting
In eyes and smiles
the jungle breathes
heaving
coiling
waiting
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