The Serpent

limblessly maneuvering yourself
closer to the ground than the insects that pest you
such is where you rightly reside

what a clever disguise
to husk the pelage of a gazelle
but the corpse you don is decomposing

sarcophagidae writhing throughout
deteriorating the deceptive image
inside, your putrefaction

your crypsis performed through mimicry
mimicry of something graceful
yet immoral in evading this exposure

and now the forest can see
the true being that lies underneath
uglier than the repugnant carcass of your camouflage

and you are the detestable vermin
with the vulgar audacity to prey
plaguing all with your revolting existence

any simple motion, in absence of cowardice
could have transformed this perception
yet that you have neglected to provide

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~ by devcoffee on November 10, 2008.