Snake Head

Snake HeadThe Whole Snake-Head Business began, of course, on Halloween.I had seen it in the window, weeks before, on the shelf with a gorilla, Richard Nixon and an old man with one bloody eyeball hanging down over his cheek. The snake was a king cobra, emerald green, a proud hood splayed behind its head. Its small red eyes stared arrogantly above me. I loved its milky fangs.The night before the party, my husband took me to buy the mask. "What do you want (continued on page 122) Snake Head (...