Candy Cigarette by Sally Mann . Printed: 1989
The young Southern girl
The young Southern girl
dances to Elvis on the limb of the swamp tree
hound dog howling like a .45 auto fo sho’
You ain’t looking for a woman
you just be looking for a hoe
Cottonmouths birth from the tall grass
unpleasant and beautiful as they writhe
through great muddy waters
beneath her.
