my predicament

with my right hand

i held tight the head

of the creepy creature

curled around my body

lest she stung

while like a monkey

i clung

with my left

on to the ladder

that led to my safety

floorboard

at the end, in middle

i did hang

unable to let go

from my hand

her flexible

but venomous head

attached stiffly

to the body

coiled to mine

that i could not

pull up

or let it down

to my deathbed

henry victor      03.01.2007