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SHOUT
Mother Anaconda slithers up my spine
In shadows spiraling from heart to throat
Powerful basalt tattoo kneads
Twilight tendrils uncoil in wisps of smoke
Threatening
Throttling
Choking
Pleading ?
– Let me out
And there she stands
Snowy coat blue fire gaze
Glowing forth, lit from within
Her head lifted up to howl.
She whispers to me
– Let go
Snake scales
Shed my skin
Embrace the dragon within
Dancing running naked wolves
Under a moonlight skein
Let her back in.
24.9.2020
George Catlin, -1872.
Catlin and His Indian Guide Approaching Buffalo under White Wolf Skins, painted between 1846 and 1848, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Image: Wikimedia Commons