*"Well, tell us a little about yourself, Joan."

"Oh! I, um, well, I enjoy bowling."

*"Ah."

"And bobbing for apples..."

*"Must be hard to do with friends during a pandemic."

"True, true. Umm... I hate the sound of fiddles but I adore the sound of the violin."

*"Aren't those-"

"I have 10.5 toes..."

*"Point... five?"

"My eyebrows hurt just before a storm rolls in-"

*"Well, that's unfortunat...

I always loved snakes

Until I woke up with one

In my bed

Slithering around in my head

Leaving me for dead....

I have owned a lot is snakes

Boa is my best, a python is my second choice

I been around some rattle snakes

Have killed a dozen or maybe two

Water moccasin have a musky smell

I could smell them in the wild

I knew that they were near

The biggest snake I ever seen was in Texas too. Davy Crockett forest it must of been

At least 20 feet. Long enough to scare a man. Big enough to swallow a human ...

I always loved snakes until I woke up with one in my bed.

It was my fault, I knew it. I had been too lazy, saying tired, in setting up my sleeping area, the tent cabin. Precautions thrown to the wind with a passing, “snakes are snakes”; a silent rebellious statement.

My leg was aching, more with each pulse of my blood coursing through my veins.

My veins. I wondered how long before the venom got my...

I always loved snakes until I woke up with one in my bed.

I’ve had a problem my whole life where I would always be attracted to people I found broken. Not the type of broken person that was in previously abusive relationships or had other types of trauma, but the broken type that would take their issues out onto others.

I never allowed myself to get close to people like this. It was another pr...

Viper’s mom yelled up the stairs,” Viper, time for supper!”

“Coming,I’m reading; I need to finish this chapter,” said Viper.

“Another reptile book?” said Viper’s mom.

“Snakes around the world.” said Viper with enthusiasm.

“I learned about a snake in North Africa called a horned desert viper! I didn’t realize viper is a species,” said Viper. “I am attending a zoo program about snakes today at ...

I rolled over still cradling the bed covers between my legs. The night was blisteringly hot with barely any air circulating the room. As I lifted my groggy eyelids a wave of terror slid down my spine from what was laying beside me.

A snake.

Not the kind that hisses and sizes you up for it’s dinner. No, the kind that lures you in with unkept promises of forever and says exactly the right things...

It wasn’t an actual snake, though. It was the person who had been sleeping next to me for almost 15 years. I had begun to suspect something was wrong when money came up missing from our shared accounts without a good reason, when he was constantly changing plans, when his social media said he was in Chicago when he was actually in LA.

He had gotten smarter-he blocked me on social media, and start...

I always love snakes, until I work up with one in my bed. I fell for the lies, the promises.

Sure, I trusted him, despite all the signs to the contrary. Something about the way he spoke, the worlds he used; the talk of adventure and really wild things. I bought it all. It was like magic, I was enchanted.

So we got together. We plotted, we planned. Mischief was our calling. Oh, the fun we ...

Wow that dream was terrible, any-

Why is Manny’s hog nose in my bed?

You know what? This is what I get for rooming with a snake person.

At least I can see if the window above my bed is a viable exit now....