Slither
A #poetry thread

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There was an orange snake
who climbed up a tree
to bask in the light
and hiss, “hey, look at me!”

He came from a sewer
to surface here, thither,
and rise to the sky
on his winding sly slither.

He made it up there
by shedding his skin
again and again,
each layer worn thin,

for he brooked no dissent
nor doubt of his scales.
This slick serpent slept
on a fake bed of nails.

🧵👇🏼

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