Poetry

Love letter to the brown snake under my childhood bedroom window

In this room —

where I kissed the first boy

who said that I had green eyes —

I sat and watched you

watching me

your unblemished plane

your teddy bear eyes

the cream in your coffee

cracks like the parched earth

only on tv

and here

in my window

When I have hindsight

I will tell my children

that I never let a boy into my bedroom

that I never considered opening the window

to let the snake in too

Amy Devine is an artist from a lineage of artists whose work has been featured in several publications including Orange Peel, Gems and Beyond the Veil Press. She is based in Sydney, Australia and she is inspired by history and the narrative of humanity.