pieces of me

he opened my legs unceremoniously
and pulled Without warning
the long sinuous blue snake
he had carefully placed
                 inside of me
he pulled strong and bitter and without
ever looking me straight in the eye
the motherfucker
who plucked the snake
while i held your hand
and did not scream
it was a child
he was pulling
from inside of me
Without warning he threw it
in the trash