SNAKE - Blogtober 2020

SNAKE

Scour the earth for my least favorite beast

Venomous slithering ready to strike

False gospel of Appalachian priest

Duplicitous wee songbird deadly shrike

Creature in the garden weaving half truths

From Rockwell to my hell all in one scene

Turned from citizen to exile uncouth

Cast me to the lonely non-ecumene

We recoil at sight of serpent most foul 

An expert at spinning yarn you traitor

Not venom but lies that infect my bowel

Family home in your wake a crater

Every vow broken all you speak is fake

My father by blood otherwise a snake

 --Shenandoah Lynd 

(a Shakespearean sonnet)