FROM ITS HIDING PLACE IT CAME
SLOWLY CREEPING THROUGH THE LEAVES
SEEKING ITS VICTIMS BY THEIR WARMTH
HOPING ITS HUNGER IT WOULD RELIEVE
A PATIENT HUNTER IT ALWAYS WAS
IT DIDN’T CARE WHAT IT CAUGHT
AS LONG AS ITS PREY WAS BREATHING
ITS SEARCH WOULD BE FOR NOUGHT
SLOWLY IT MOVED, EDGED FORWARD
AND HARDLY A SOUND DID IT MAKE
ITS NOSTRILS TESTING, SEEKING A MEAL
NO MATTER HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE
IT HAD BEEN WELL OVER A MONTH
SINCE IT HAD EATEN ITS LAST MEAL
NOW HUNGER HAD FORCED IT OUT
HOPING TO MAKE A VICTIM SQUEAL
THROUGH THE SHADOWS IT STALKED
INVISIBLE IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT
INCHING ITS WAY EVER FORWARD
IT WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FRIGHT
JUST AHEAD IT COULD SEE AN OPENING
CURIOSITY FORCED IT TO ENTER IN
SILENTLY LOWERING ITSELF TO THE FLOOR
AMONG PILES OF BOXES, ASSORTED TINS
IT COULD SENSE A MEAL WAS HERE
FINDING IT, JUST A MATTER OF TIME
ALL IT HAD TO DO WAS LOCATE IT
AND THEN COMMIT A HIDEOUS CRIME
INTO A ROOM IT SLOWLY CRAWLED
STOPPED AND SLOWLY TESTED THE AIR
SATISFIED IT WAS IN THE RIGHT PLACE
IT KNEW ITS NEXT MEAL WAS HERE
INTO THE CRIB IT SLOWLY CRAWLED
ITS WEIGHT HOLDING ITS VICTIM DOWN
ITS VICTIM, IT TRIED TO CRY OUT
SUFFOCATED, IT COULD MAKE NO SOUND
WITH JAWS WIDE OPEN, IT SWALLOWED
HEAD FIRST, IT SLOWLY BEGAN TO EAT
DOWN ITS THROAT IT SLOWLY WENT
A LUMP OF SUFFOCATED BABY MEAT
THE PYTHON, IT SLOWLY RETREATED
RETRACED ITS PATH TO THE HOLE
THE UNDIGESTED LUMP IN ITS STOMACH
THROUGH THE HOLE ESCAPE WAS STOLE
IT WAS FOUND THERE THE NEXT MORNING
ASLEEP, RELAXED AND TOTALLY UNAWARE
THE GUN WENT OFF AND IT CONVULSED
AND OTHER VICTIM’S LIVES WERE SPARED
SO, KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR BABY
ITS SAFETY IS YOUR FIRST CONCERN
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IS PROWLING
OR A HARD LESSON YOU MAY LEARN
Monday, September 12, 2022