I'm winding round a flagpole
Like a slippery snake
I'll bite those who touch me
Just for old times sake
I could be a kinder chap
If you would look at me
Just as Eve in the garden
Who through me could not see
So Adam ate the apple
It stuck right in his throat
Humans do make a mess
Even put me on the boat
Flagpoles are not your friends
For enemies they make
Many have no bread to eat
Yet others eat rich cake
This is of course a parody of how well humanity has coped since creation. Adam and Eve dissatisfied in Eden fared no better when free as even evil was taken with Noah on the ark in the form of the snake. That is my pattern of madness for you with a bit more thrown in for good measure as the snake recounts what has happened!
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First signs of dawn and the old rooster stirred from his perch to welcome a new day after his night's rest. The sun's rays just flickering over the horizon as the cock left the coop as night lost morning's battle and scuttled away. Just as he was about to crow a welcome to the sun he sensed a movement by the fence and cocked his head then purposefully strode down to investigate catching sight of a snake trying to break open the shell of an egg laid by one of the hens the previous day. The snake looked up, rattled its tail while the cock straightened up and ruffled its feathers to look bigger. Forgetting all caution the cock stretched his height to the fullest and strode forward to combat the snake. The snake hissed, cock pecked to grab hold of the snake's tail and shook it throwing on the ground. The snake desperate to find a hole slithered away but when the cock followed the snake turned and struck the cock with its fangs and the two tussled squawking and hissing rousing the hens who came out to see what all the fuss was about. The snake mortally wounded writhed on the ground whilst the cock bitten staggered around the pen and collapsed while the hens looked on.
Snake hissed feathers flew
As cock defended the hens
Chicks would hear the tale
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I look down at him
Neither of us move an inch
He looks up at me
Mexican stand off
Measuring each others worth
Him snake, me human
I'm standing stock still
Venom in his eyes and elsewhere
Can I distract him?
He wiggles his tail
Turns then quietly glides away
Stalemate for today
What did my wife say?
Make sure you mow that long grass
Yes, I remember now
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