wrapped around a branch
between leaves didn't even stir
damned thing
i was seen it was lunchtime
and it said to me in snake tongue:

stuck

turned the trunk she was already there
she calculated the length of my spine
closing in
spare me i said
and she in snake tongue
denied:

you know why you came
doce de coco
and you know where you're going to go

coiled with such dexterity
gripped tight my legs
squeezed me
until my chest
grew larger
than my soul

creak then a crack
of the bones breaking
a tear just escaping:
it was like love
the lack of air
the blood rising to the head
where the story begins

Translated by Farnoosh Fathi