A snake bites your ankle.
Recoiling, you scream.
Fearing poison, your mind slips into a dream...
...where a man bites your ankle.
Expecting no guile,
"Again," softly falls from your lips with a smile.
Yet, the man and the snake are the same.
Your perception is only to blame.
— Richelle E. Goodrich
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