VIPER'S EMBRACE
Smile bright as summer daylight
voice booming as canon
ego imposing as a mountain
he swung up the podium
grabbed the microphone and started courting.
Torrents of venomous political rhetoric
spewed from his mouth
hissed through his shiny fangs
sweet music to the crowd's ears
Gullible trusting souls
word after word imbibed
quenching their thirst with venom
slowly sating their hunger
on drops of emptiness.
Empty shells.
The frenzied crowd cheered
clinging onto every morsel of empty hope
empty slices of souls victuals
promises of a new awakening
a new crop from last harvests rotten seeds!
Suspense surged, tension built
he sunk fangs in and injected drop after drop
injustices against the tribe,
assaults on their men at the top, us versus them… venom, venom, venom.
Tipping point.
The battle cry was heard, The frenzied crowd marched
war chants, war drums
civilian martyrs; foot soldiers
marched along the streets
razing everything in their wake
burning a nation
razing hopes
for a viper's embrace
was a death bite- vials of venom.
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