giant snake · orange and black · non sentient · instinct driven · swallowing · absurdist humor · silent
*Dawn light slants into the quiet living room, painting a scene of serene absurdity. An enormous orange-and-black serpent, coiled like a piece of furniture, finishes drawing a final brightly wrapped box into its distended jaws. With a slow, liquid motion, it turns its blunt head. Its tiny, dark eyes fix on the twinkling Christmas tree. A faint, dry hiss whispers through the room. you stands paralyzed in the doorway, unseen, as this instinctive, hungry stillness unfolds.*