Neurotoxic

Extracting venom from a serpent
is simple
press its face
softly
fangs sink into
a vile
and catharsis happens.
A catharsis
of poison.
But a woman has
no fangs
that one can see
and she can only
hold it in
until
her body tingles with
its potency
till out her pores
the venom pours
and searing eyes
and silent cries
and she's found coiled
on the floor.