Reptile... Poem by Aleksandra Szymanska

What is popularity on a poetry website?
Don't ask, I don't know the word's meaning any more...
You may get there if you try with all your might.
Let me stay on a side as you reach your goal...

But beware of a creature that dwells between your words:
it's got eyes, it's got a tongue and lots of scales.
The eyes are scanners and the tongue swipes your points,
and the scales land on your way, so you progress like a snail...

The greedy hands change hues just to be your match.
They might even sneak into your bank account...
Keep an eye and remove what they might attach.
People cheat, people steal and you know you don't…