<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=574928" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Texas Indigo Snake</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Walking through the chapparral, <br>A loud rattle assailed my ears.<br>I stopped in my tracks, <br>Trembling in my boots.<br>There she was, <br>Coiled up, <br>Under the big colima.<br>Six feet of, <br>Slow painful death.<br>A Western Diamondback.<br>She was ready, <br>To deliver her punch, <br>I had strayed too close.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But it was not to be.<br>There was a loud, <br>Rustling of twigs, and leaves, <br>A cloud of dust, <br>And a gigantic, black serpent, <br>Engulfed the rattler.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Easily twice the size, <br>Of the Diamondback, <br>The Texas Indigo Snake, <br>Wrapped itself, <br>Around the rattler.<br>And slowly began, <br>To squeeze.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In a matter of minutes, <br>The Texas Indigo Snake, <br>Dispatched, <br>Then ate, <br>The Western Diamondback.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I just stared in awe.<br>And all I could muster, <br>Was a hoarse, 'thanks, '<br>As trembling, <br>I headed for home.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">12/12/10 Alton Texas</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Juan+Olivarez">Juan Olivarez</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=574928" data-title="Texas Indigo Snake de Juan Olivarez" data-description="Walking through the chapparral, A loud rattle assailed my ears. I stopped in my tracks, Trembling in my boots. There she was, Coiled up, Under the big colima. Six feet of, Slow painful death. A Western Diamondback. She was ready, To deliver ..."></div> </div> </div>

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