Snake Wake

I am a snake.
I stay near the lake.
I love to sit in the sun and bake.

I escaped from the zoo.
I will do anything for you,
Just don’t take me back there,
Those keepers are so unfair.

I am a snake.
I stay near the lake.
I love to sit in the sun and bake.

There is a snake charmer near,
Every evening he is here.
He is one man I truly fear.
He is very bad.
With him my fate will be sad.
I tell you that guy is simply mad!

I am a snake.
I stay near the lake.
I love to sit in the sun and bake.

To food I am bound,
And there are many rats in that compound.
But those people will kill me if I am found,
So I sit by the lake and make not a sound.
And sleep very happily inside this soft ground.

I am a snake.
I stay near the lake.
I love to sit in the sun and bake.

Bye, for I can not stay.
As the villagers will come today.
They will take me away,
And make me into a snake soufflé.

I am a snake.
I stay near the lake.
I love to sit in the sun and bake.

This is a short poem which talks to us about the endangered snakes in our environment and how it faces so many dangers such as the snake charmer, the zoo and the neighboring village. Many of India’s snakes are endangered as the people don’t either know how to handle them/what to do with them or are so scared of them that they kill them instantly. More awareness will help us people not harm and protect these interesting reptiles.

By Manasi Rao
Grade 7A
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