Serpentine Day

A princess went riding
on the back of a dragon
a komodo he was
lickety firefly tongue.

Past three lava hills
glowing and belching
under a skylight orange
that showed them the way.

And in one of his talons
he held up a palm tree
fanned back the heat
and the sand fly storms.

And when the moonshine lay resting
they drank from the river
and swam there in secret
on serpentine day.