Snake-eel, eel-snake, snake pit
Made of two terms for one
Myth of the one, true fish—
Why the two names for one,
Why pair them then, one front,
One back, then back to front?
Why make the pair the myth
Of the one to be killed,
The great beast in its vast
Snake pit, eel-snake, snake-eel?
How’d we get so snake-bit?
Look at the night. That it?