Lake snake snaps
Got up early
took my dog
and visited the lake.
From the bridge saw:
watery, greenery, rockery
and - a sleeping snake.
Took out my trusty
mobile phone
and clicked for snapping,
aimed it at the rock
where the tiger snake
was napping.
Click and click again -
pocketed my phone -
home we flew.
Darling, look what I snapped!
That does it, she said,
dogs are not safe with you.
But the dog was leashed,
the snake way out of reach!
What if it wasn't, she screeched.
Wish I hadn't told you!
Look, here on my phone -
too small to even see!
That makes it worse,
she said. Less,
not more safety.
Dog and I skulked away -
we'd had our time
with the lake snake -
and zero in the phone.
Max Richards
Ruffey Lake Park
Doncaster, Victoria
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