Animal kingdom (13) The Snake's Interview
**************************************************************************Media person was quite alert,
The snake was sitting apart,
He was taking the interview,
Snake was opening his heart.
"---if people see me by chance,
They run away,or forget to walk,
They fear from me,they hate me,
My presence is like electric-shock.
Blind-faith and mystery is my fate,
'Snake and Ladder' game is my life,
Killing snake is curse-people say-
'Revenge is taken by his wife'.
My destiny differ on this earth,
At one place,people worship in haste,
At another,they cut, boil and eat,
A contrast-milk offer,or diet of taste.
My only crime is the fatal poison,
Beware of snake-caution is shown,
Snake is danger-signal for all,
Men prefer earth-worm-without bone
How many snakes have poison?
Without touch, snake-bite,how he can?
How many die of snake-bite?
Compare it with-man killing man.
Men torture and extract my poison,
Medicines are made to save life,
Human poison has only one use-
Making bomb,bullet,sword ,and knife.
Media person stopped the snake,
"Only last question-your personal life.
About your family, about snake-couple,
How you live-your love-life?"
Snake nodded and said with anger,
"No personal question please,
Do not peep into personal affair,
Respect privacy,please don't tease."
But repeated questions annoyed him,
"So you want to know-how we kiss?"
He lifted his head,the man jumped,
There was in air-a sharp 'Hisssss--'
The man ran away,the camera rolled,
Lap-top turned and laid, upside-down,
His orphan hat floated in the mud ,
Man halted,only after entering the town.
Snake said,"These two footed creatures,
Have the habit of peeping inside,
Nudity on our body-in their minds,
They want to expose,all what we hide."
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(c) keshavdubey
26-4-2016
