watch him
dance. wiggle &
writhe.
his broad throat
lined white with
diamonds.
his bite, without
antidote, is
deadly.
the snake is
trapped in a glass
enclosure.
the charmer
kisses the
snake on the
nose.
the handler
works with a
bent metal
rod.
you propose to
kill him with
millions of tons of
explosives
billions of dollars of
investment, a torn world
economy
& an invading
army of hundreds of
thousands.
(after punishing the
snake & starving his
children for more than a
decade, is he really such a
clear and present
danger?)
you demanded the
power to do
this, & in a frenzy of
contempt, you
attacked.
hate is the
ultimate
weapon of mass
destruction.
you are
nurturing the breeding
grounds of very many
cobras
& one of them is
coming to smite you in the
heel.