La Soeur

A chill possessed my home over this past week and for a moment relief has come from the never ending heat. With such wonderfully dreary weather we explored part of the swamps near where my dear friend and I live. I wanted to tread the water but with a murky bottom and a large amount of poisons creatures that inhabit the area, my intuition told me better.

As a young girl, I used to explore this area bare foot and lightly clothed, I remember walking through the thick underbrush and nearly stepping on a baby cottonmouth snake. It was then (ofcourse) that I realized the value in shoes. The strange part about this experience was the length of time I let my bare toes hover above the deadly serpent just watching the thing in wonder- I think I just found death so fascinating. I couldn't have been more than eight and yet the memory is vivid.

Anyway, this is what is in my head.