Spitting Cobra

Upward, twisting motion
Bears definition in its train,
Like conspiracy or not:
Particles whirl, galaxies swirl,
Sparks dancing upward from
Fire swirl. John Glenn saw
Fireflies in orbit, following
Friendship 7 as she tumbled
Around the world in 90 minutes.
Spitting cobra in the eye,
Poisonous, spirals into view,
A twirl of carbon unintended,
Groping eons of scintillation,
Lacking volition or desire.

Then again, reimagine:
A long train run
From spark to spit:
(Trains leave stations
and have destinations.)
Spitting cobra hovers,
A shadow in autumn light,
Hinted in the architecture
Of sun and spin: spiral arms
Bump back dark matter.
Spitting cobra as implication:
In the grass, somewhere,
(Grass, too, came from
somewhere) in the light that
might or might not shine for
eyes, like a bright afternoon
nightmare, spitting cobra
shimmers, glistens, behind
the dancing snow of static,
purposeful, wisdom coiled.