I thought it was so tragic <br />And nothing could be badder <br />I peeked inside the basket <br />and beheld the speckled adder <br /> <br />I predicted mass destruction <br />The rope could only tighten <br />But no noose is good noose <br />It was a cat-eyed python <br /> <br />I thought I had shed blood for you <br />There was none such as this <br />'The poet of the universe' <br />And then I heard the hiss <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />(2006)<br /><br />Mike Finley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/my-darling-serpentine/
