Maar-Geer

The snake catcher has come.
Does this means there are snakes here?
Did someone call him,
or did he come unbidden,
uncharacteristically?

He brings old lore,
baskets.

Now catch your snakes,
and then disappear again,
like you do,
your basket full for now,
and leave us on tenterhooks,
though we know you exist
a word or two away,
maar-geer.

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