She hissed, accused and riled me, <br />infuriatingly lied to me, <br />treated me like a fool <br />until at last she fell to silence <br />as I slid across the floor to her, <br />slithered up to the meaty, know it all <br />and as it is my nature to, <br />my mother did, my sisters too, <br />spat venom from my mighty jaws <br />as only fiery Cobras do <br />and now she talks no more.<br /><br />Ruth Walters<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/silenced-14/
