Dragony:
That firestorm
of nerves teething
when you need to shed
your alligator brain –
Because snakeskin
swallowed you whole.
Because, impossible to imagine,
you are both pig and python here.
That scaly lump in your throat
is you –
a stretch to get over
yourself.
For dVerse Quadrille and friends.
qbit 
Yeah, well, you’re obviously a proper poet.
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I meant that as a compliment btw
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Lolol! Taken that way! Thanks so much!
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DUDE. This is STUNNING. I certainly hope you are sending stuff out there into the publishing world, these days. Whew. Seriously.
THIS:
“you are both pig and python here”
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Thanks so much. Kudos to your prompt, which of course I gnashed my teeth about and fought with like St. George and then it sat like a lump of pig refusing to move through a python, LOL! BTW, when it comes to sending stuff out — what about *you*? Hmmm??
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nice symbolism
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Love it!
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Fantastic writing and the imagery is outstanding. 🙂
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Hey, thanks!! I haven’t been around much, will stop by, you’ve been kicking out great stuff!
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You welcome, qbit.
🙂 Yes, been writing a lot and next week – I’ll be posting my last 2 poems to finish off the ‘Despondency Series’. 🙂
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‘Pig and python’ – love it!
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Nice way to wrap this up! A poem full of attitude.
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Both pig and python… what a great image. The dragon means everything I think
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A stretch to get over yourself is not pithy. A great line.
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Thanks!
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WOWWWW, powerful.
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Ohhhh. This. I could feel that lump in my throat! Powerful.
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Dragony lured me in… I like it!
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Thanks!!
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