Nobbi Dragon
when you called me cold-blooded
I don’t think you meant merciless
my swaying gait, stereoscopic vision
head up to read the ultraviolet spectrum
invisible colours of light
blood rising in my throat as bile
vertebrate blood is bright red or dark red
depending on the oxygenation of its hemoglobin
the lizard brain takes over
and all you want is a moment in the sun
what does it mean to bleed here
in such an open space, my scales exposed
while I watch you suffer
too much information freezing me to the spot
320 million years ago we parted ways
so now I’m only 75% reptile, stripes hidden beneath pretend skin
vestigial tail as coccyx, my body in a constant state
of evolutionary flux, as I make my way back
love this Magdalena
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