Snake Woman
To progress a snake forward you cannot just move it a
fraction; every element of the whole body has to be radically
rearranged.
—Barry Purves, Stop Motion: Passion, Process and
Performance
A buck for an adult, fifty cents a kid
to ascend the aluminum steps
to ascend the aluminum steps
of the wagon, half Winnebago, half
horse trailer parked on the edge
horse trailer parked on the edge
of the state fair fringed in pasture
funk, the dead mines of dung
funk, the dead mines of dung
