I am a timber rattlesnake
my venom is highly dangerous
I can damage your nervous system
sneakily waiting to strike you with my tongue
lying under a stack of logs as quiet as I can be
Rattlesnake
Stealthy reptile (scaly-skinned viper)
Flicks its forked tongue to smell direction
While slithering through the environment
In camouflaged snakeskin to avoid detection.
Snake eyes focus without tail rattling,
Coiling into a strike-kill position.
Slowly, its jaws separate, exposing fangs
That will deliver venom-filled neurotoxins.
The gloom and doom shadow looms,
Frightening and mesmerizing; the serpent launches.
The rodent stills, listening for hissing,
Delaying reaction, and is bitten.
Appaloosa, Mustang or Paint
Breeds to ride and love, breeds who ain’t
Broken by pain or heartbreak
But show them a rattlesnake
That horse won’t have much self-restraint
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Have you found a snake’s rattle while digging?
I did once.
I carefully covered it back up too.
As soon as I saw the zig zag of the fat one’s skin.
Thanking God I had uncovered this end rather than the other one.
rattlesnake
slithering toward sunlight –
buckshot
"Granny, tell me about the snake in your garden"
"No, child let's not talk about that rattlesnake with blade in"
"Tell me the story one more time do it with rhyme"
"Child, you're too young to hear how that snake crawled in the sweet thyme"
"Tell me, granny, just one more time how brave you were"
"It happened so long ago, to me its become a blur"
"Now, child, you just go about and play have fun on this lovely day"
"Let the snake rest in his grave; to that story we'll not stray"
"Granny, how did you kill that rattlesnake anyway?"
"To cut some herbs an eight inch serrated knife held the right way."
"A rattlesnake to hurt husband and little ones."
"Granny had to handle it, get him out of our pathway"
"Perfect love cast out all fear, the devil destroyed."
"There isn't a snake in our garden love's strength was employed."
Finis'
Body coiled and ready to strike,
rattling tail betrays his trap.
Hooded eyes stare through desert night,
unsuspecting prey lingers.
Sharp fangs pierce flesh mortal wounding,
he feasts, then retreats alone.
Written on 1/17/2015
rattlesnake meets fate
crushed by loaded garbage truck...
buzzards' high protein
Georgia Rattlesnake
Venemous, dangerous foe
Hidden in garden
(This is a fictional poem)
I love eating rattlesnake because it's so good.
I'd eat it three times a day if I could.
You haven't lived until you've eaten snake stew.
It's mighty tasty and it sticks to the ribs like glue.
Some people prefer chicken, pork or steak.
But nothing makes my mouth water like rattlesnake.
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