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Printed from https://writing.com/main/books/entry_id/1052224-Peringueys-Adder
Rated: E · Book · Entertainment · #2268464
Entries to Express It In Eight from September 2020 to the present .
#1052224 added July 6, 2023 at 7:18am
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Peringuey's Adder
Peringuey’s Adder

Dwarf king of the desert dunes
Mister Sideways sidles on
disappears into the sands
melts into the shifting surface
unseen eyes that watch and wait
careful, gecko, danger lurks
that tempting wriggler is no worm
Mister Sideways baits the trap.



Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 07.06.23
Prompt: Sideways.
Note: Just the mention of the word sideways makes me think of this unique snake. Even snakes can be beautiful!


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