~ Delta Poetry Review ~

Andy Gambell

Copperhead

the copperhead moves into tall grass

shining iridescence

   of gold and darkness

like creamy coffee

   a slippery silky dream

half forgotten

but half remembered too

i wouldn’t have been surprised

if he had spoken

should i follow him?

      should i get a gun?

should i be humbled?

if he offered me an apple

i would have knocked the dirt

from my boots

placed my hat in my hands

and kindly accepted it

whatever would follow

would follow

Andy Gambell lives in Floresville, Texas, with his wife, daughter, and new puppy. He loves coffee. His work has appeared in Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review, The Texas Observer, Hawai’i Pacific Review, Bluestem, Bright Flash, and other places.