8/7/2026 for The Beautiful Impossible Poetry Contest sponsored by Sotto Poet
"Young serpent", an aged father snake said as he kindly and wisely spake. "You must be comfortable in your skin. It's the home that you'll be living in." The young one grew. Life was like a hug. His skin felt comfortable and snug, but as time went by, it got too tight. Life was unbearable, try as he might. So, it came about that hardship and strife, were conditions that motivate new life, leading to a pleasant new existence, as he shed his skin, and his resistance, and thought to himself, "It sure is strange. Difficulties can lead to change", and found in life that growing pain often leads to happiness again.
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