Snake vs. Rat
New green clothes branches – shy wildflowers
blaze
A
snake twists cross a bridge in early sun
A rat, swift from the shadows sniffs
and plays
The
serpent regards rat and points like gun
Aware not of the coiling foe ahead
The
rat looks side to side, then starts across
On tiny feet the rodent swiftly sped
Crouched
low, the reptile blending with dark moss
Too late, the rat perceived the
hungry leer
The
snake had not a meal for many days
NO mercy now, the rat with frozen
fear
The
law is kill or die, has been always
Beside the bridge, a telltale lump,
you know
Within
the snake the rat begins to show.
—Ron
Smith
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