Written for Sara Jama's contest...
Alas, I was late for the party
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Sunsets in Saharan skies Every nomad looks and sighs Reprieved from unrelenting heat Peruse the sun in its retreat Every desert roamer knows Nights with cool sand twixt their toes Their utmost fear at the oasis? Serpents lurk in nighttime places So the creatures of the night Creatures that emerge and bite Only fear the bedouin Replete with pots to cook them in Pincers and a stinging tail Indiana Jones might wail Only serpents chill him more Night time creatures by the score Scurry over moonlit land And sting the foolish barefoot man Nomads snare this living lunch Dine on scorpion crispy crunch Once scorpions and serpents prowl Whence the Pharaoh Eagle Owl Looms so silent in the gloom Serpents and scorpions meet their doom
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