Wrap It Up

I wear the snake
around my head
like a turban.

It tucks in well
it stays in place.
Mostly it behaves.

I prefer it coiled -
please don’t slither
leading thoughts out of bounds,
brain out of kilter.

Bound around my head
the snake roams as it will.
Inside
all is still.
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