here’s a lesson, mrs. rattlesnake.

..and the rattlesnake said
‘i wish i had hands so
i could hug you like a man”.

and then, the cactus said
‘don’t you understand?
my skin is covered with sharp spikes
that’ll stab you like a thousand knives.
a hug would be nice,
but hug my flower with your eyes.”

 

l: kimya dawson – tree hugger.