Saturday, October 16, 2010

Pavement Encounter

After the rains
Jogging,
Hoping for cleaner veins,
I sudden-stop -- hard heart-beat!
There's a snake at my feet!
Instinctively I freeze,
Surprised...
Then I start running, thinking,
As the snake slithers in retreat,
It's not always so harmless,
When reptiles and mammals meet.

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