By Jason Lingard

i.
A disco ball ghost,
slips into a serpent sea
—sex and salt-flavoured.
ii.
Medusa orgy—
Anxiety, shedding skin.
Venom sucked out.
iii.
A drop
to the knees.
Viper-smooth face held roughly.
Forked sandpaper tongue.
iv.
Men swallowing snakes.
Ejaculation of bites.
Throats flower for death.