Boot Licks

slithering snakes run silent

sleeping snakes lay deadly

awakened venom ready

while reigning as prone giants



breathe upright fools gather tolls

exhale hate and hued discord

bow in ranks to thy dark lord

ascending dust; marching trolls



march riotous foolery

spew venomous rhetoric

slither fork-tongued heretics

confess inflamed schoolery



o’ taste and see politics

halls unjust, wall-smears dark read

blood-soaked tiles seep pus instead

walking snakes hiss for boot-licks

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017



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Date: 5/2/2018 11:38:00 AM
WoW! You pen flame roast dem snakes good, Sona! LOVE this poem ... an instant fave. Great poem! Love and hugs always.
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Date: 12/1/2017 3:38:00 PM
I am torn between the fact that snakes are just doing what they were born to do. I think humans are giving snakes a bad name because they behave as snakes do. Your poem has made me have a hard think about using animal behaviour and blaming the animal. Thank you
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Date: 11/23/2017 8:17:00 PM
I've always thought about using snakes as a symbol in a poem. Your poem is thought provoking and visual. Thanks for sharing........peace!
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Sona Wilae
Date: 11/24/2017 1:38:00 PM
You are welcome...look forward to enjoying your flow.
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