A Prank That Went Horribly Wrong

A man became CEO of a corporation, that was his job. He became a millionaire and that turned him into a snob. He bragged because he had several million dollars in the bank. He needed to be taken down a peg so we decided to pull a prank. My friend and I put a dead rattlesnake in his briefcase. When he opened it, we wanted to see the look on his face. When he saw the snake, he collapsed and died of a heart attack. Our prank went horribly wrong and I'd give anything if we could take it back. We didn't want him to die, that was something that we sure didn't intend. Now we can't forgive ourselves because we caused a life to come to an end. (This is a fictional poem.)