The serpent slithered silently <br /> across the silken counterpane <br />His victim slumbered peacefully <br /> the serpent struck but struck in vain. <br /> <br />She did not sleep for she was dead <br />The serpent’s sting superfluous <br />Her stainless soul already fled <br />To regions much more glorious. <br /> <br />The crime he thought he could conceal. <br /> Would backfire in her husbands face. <br />The Post mortem would soon reveal <br />of serpents venom not a trace. <br /> <br />But would expose how she had died <br />The test for toxins positive <br />No matter how her husband lied <br />all his attempts were negative. <br /> <br />He was found guilty by his peers <br />The sentence was he should be hung. <br />All his bravado disappears. <br />He should have held his lying tongue. <br /> <br />He should have called the doctor in. <br />Said he suspected suicide <br /> considered then a mortal sin. <br />And hoped he would be satisfied. <br /> <br />Instead he tried to set the scene <br />To lay the blame upon a snake. <br />but there was no snake to be seen. <br />This proved to be his big mistake. <br /> <br />The snake should have been on display <br />As evidence to back his claim <br />Its absence gave his scheme away <br /> and thus it was he lost the game. <br /> <br /> Be sure your sins will come to light <br /> no matter how you plot and plan. <br />It seems that fate takes great delight <br /> in pointing out a guilty man.. <br /> <br />There is a moral to this tale <br /> I hope it is not lost on you <br /> attempts to shift the blame will fail. <br />Because fate will make sure they do. <br /> <br /> <br />29-May-08 <br /> <br />Http; // blog myspace.com/poeticpiers<br /><br />ivor or ivor.e hogg<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/is-it-worth-it-3/
