Snake

Imagine yourself a snake.

Lie on the floor right where you are.

Take off your arms, even your shoulders.

Resign yourself to the permanent loss of opposable thumbs.

Fuse your legs together down to your feet.

Lose even your hips, and weave your extended torso

        across the floor, slithering,

        flagging your toeless tail

        in the same air

        where you extend your

        forking tongue.

Now write a poem.

Do not add legs.