Red Menace

A red snake licked freedom's sun and smiled spiraling its way up the precious tree of life in the nest a half dozen naïve pinkish babes through pin feathers went two poison fangs it started to devour them quite methodically kept on eating though it was no longer hungry when it was through there was only one left it was spared to be an example-for the rest- Mother returned with fury,laid open the snake the future spilled out but it was already to late the remaining babe was never quite the same a serpent gives a hard lesson-and leaves a stain the remaining peep got all the warm attention but it came at the most horrible of expenses drawn by commotion and the blood on the wind at the base of the tree flicked another red menace