Best Snaky Poems

There was a fancy snake from Paris, France
Who had a thing for lacy underpants
  He tried to put some on
  But they only slid down
They were designed for cute, pink elephants


There once was a rattler from Nairobi
Who found himself in Arizona's Gobi
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Where do I begin,
extracting the earth 
from your skin ?

The grim reaper 
would wait. I have 
to unwrap the gifts?

digging out the roots,
peeling off the bark.
The time stands still.

An exit wound 
will receive the unborn
daughters.

Mother dust will 
return the name
of annihilator.


Satish Verma...

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The river kicks up its heels in swinging sway and lilt.
Winding downstream in a sinuous snaking stream bed it built
By eroding outer bends, building up its inner bends with silt
Defying the straight and easy path, which like a flippant lover it jilt...

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Serpentine,

   sooty smoke floats,
      swirls slowly above
         shadowed contours 
            of city smokestacks,
      ...

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