First Line: THE TONGUES OF THE LIGHTNING SNAKES FLICKER AND TWIST, ONE TO THE OTHER Last Line: GLEAMS ON THE CABBAGE PALMS AND ON THE SHINING LEAVES Subject(s): LOVE - MARITAL;
Poem Sources:
TECHNICIANS OF THE SACRED; A RANGE OF POETRIES FROM AFRICA, AMERICA, ASIA, EUROPE & OCEANIA. 2ND ED. ROTHENBERG, JEROME (ED.) (1985)