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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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