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a fat black bumpy snake took me hostage in a roll.
pulled me right down into the farthest darkest hole
What the heck! What the heck! What...

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See it curled up on the golden chair scratching its conniving beard, piecing together a sordid plan of how to rob the destitute people on...

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She runs 
to top the hill 
and listen for songbirds.  
On this grayish, black and white scene, 
there are only crows in the sky,...

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He is lifted above the deserted wilderness as a snake
His tail is the starlight river that flows into delight 
Christ bursts forth the brightest river...

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I always figured that the weight of an anaconda was a fabrication.
A nightmare, something an evil book writer made up, to instill terror.
So I looked...

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Jake

Jake is a snake. 
He is three feet long. 
One day he will be
five more. 

We found him in the barn, 
he was lost among...

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I met him often, when he was young, like a pride palm tree,
He charmed and hypnotized his cobra, and made him wave, free;
His puffed flute...

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Carson Elkund moved slowly through the town,
his eyes darted about, looking around,
looking for trouble he knew was out there,
he was wanted by many, and moved...

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I have a ‘snake slayer,’
a derringer I carry
when hiking in dry States.

So when I saw the coiled rattlesnake
sunbathing on a dusty track
I unholstered, 
ready to...

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I doff my many hats away,
To a lazy sunny Saturday,
Lounging, lazing and lying about,
Doing absolutely nothing but nowt,
Just loving and dreaming the day away.

My love...

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Peter and Paul since grade two were great friends,
They often used to go away with girlfriends for weekends.
This time flew to South Africa on their...

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Mom recalled finding a snake once in the window of the second floor girls’ bedroom. How it got there, no one would ever know. But...

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Today John McDain
Is in bad pain
The sirens could kill
But he escaped it, he will

He's at the doctor,
Who'll give him meds
And maybe just some
Comfortable beds

"There's something...

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It's not a good day,
I'll have to regroup,
I feel like I have,
a shark in my soup.

It's one of those days,
when everything's wrong,
a lion has roared,
and...

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One day, Myopic Milo; went slithering across the street; and met with some misfortune; as a car, he tried to greet.

It really sent him flying;...

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