SNAKE.S.KIN
9.21.20
i still think my name’s too long
i want short and direct
a kind of looking glass
because there’s something in me that answers and understand you
the type of name that takes pleasure
without asking people’s permission
playful
it didn’t inherit the accidental seriousness of time
still inquisitive
it wants to know the limits of endurance
a name that marries past and most recent past while playing hopscotch with the future
turns deadly enmity and hate onto love and confidence
a name that understands not all bites are wolf
some are fox
dragon
tiger,
ape,
bird of paradise,
winter mornings
a name without a mask of false feeling for it can finally live intensely not at the cost of the self.