Reptilian

I wore my new skin out in the rain
as I walked through the empty sidewalks.
Cars drove by
with their headlights coloring
the wet pavement like
Van Gogh.
My hair soaked up droplets
as my skin
began to crease
and break like wet paper.
It didn't hurt
so I began to
peel it off in bits
and sheets.
Shedding like a bipedal
snake I walked naked
through the streets
with the kind of freedom
you will never know.