I saw a
snake on the patio wall
It too saw
me standing by
I was
filling the cistern with a pale
Because our
well’s gone dry.
It feared my
presence and turned to flee
Not merely
slinking as snakes will do
But leaping airborne
to a hidden place
Where only
snakes pass through.
Then crossing
the courtyard to the barn
Another
snake was at the door
It saw me
coming to enter in
And scurried
beneath the floor.
What
creatures lurk beneath my feet
And me above
their place
I cannot
doubt their right to be
We must all
share this wondrous space.
I’ll leave
the rocks and soil for them
Disturbing
the least I can
To safeguard
well their earthen homes
From the
carelessness of Man.
But let them
stay well hidden there
For though I
want them on this earth
It excludes
settling my dwelling’s walls
Or resting
upon my hearth.
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