Kingdom Animalia Poem by Hannatu Pqrs

There was once a kingdom of animals
And other things
But of all the creatures
A snake was made king

In fact, the snake had once ruled
Wearing the garment of a foreigner
This time, he says
He brings peace and is democracy's harbinger

Now his term is to end
He is in fact fortunate to have ruled the kingdom twice
But he says he wants to rule a third time
The law said no: so he proceeded to use vice

The tragedy is
That the other options available for the throne
Are scorpions and vultures, who once benefited from the snake
Who knows when lion will rightfully ascend the throne?

But the snake, determined,
Has appointed his yes-man,
In his place,
And still pulls the strings from his barn