turning the other cheek
only results in getting slapped
repeatedly

three strikes
and you're out.

i believe the third
is the final
eye for an eye.

snake in the grass
what wisdom
do you seek?

justice--
undoubtedly so;
closure--
this i know.
this i know.

see?
slither toward
the wood
and downward.

sabbath lilies
swallow you
in white.

purity?
jagged
closer
wayward.

strike not
at me.
and you didn't.

king of serpents
swallow that
whom is
truly venomous.

out of light
and into darkness.