Ellen's Very Southern Voice on Nostr: #WordWeavers MC a people person, animal person, or plant person? Imogene is a snake ...
#WordWeavers MC a people person, animal person, or plant person?
Imogene is a snake person. Cottonmouth, to be exact.
Head up, I swam the nighttime Pearl the way my great-aunt Pandora had taught me: eyes open, keep a lookout for snakes, don’t swallow the bitter river water. Aunt Pandora hadn’t taught me to swim naked, but she wouldn’t have minded. I breathed in the musty night air. Gradually, the tension released, and I found my rhythm.
Until something small and slippery darted by my hip.
Imogene is a snake person. Cottonmouth, to be exact.
Head up, I swam the nighttime Pearl the way my great-aunt Pandora had taught me: eyes open, keep a lookout for snakes, don’t swallow the bitter river water. Aunt Pandora hadn’t taught me to swim naked, but she wouldn’t have minded. I breathed in the musty night air. Gradually, the tension released, and I found my rhythm.
Until something small and slippery darted by my hip.