A Snake In The Grass..., ! Poem by Geoffrey Fafard

A Snake In The Grass.

Yesterday I saved a life
In the long grass

Over near yonder lake
It lay silent like moss

Watching us approach
Sensing my threat

But I am old enough now
To 6th sense such behaviour

I live amidst all manner of felons
And I move among them

Quickly I whistled my dog to me
Leave it was all I had to say

Leave it to its life, to its day
And we did without fuss

With her smiling tongue wagging
And my heart peaceful

And the beautiful copper creature
Sliding off into the lake

Tongue flicking
Sunset bound.