by Cynthia Echeme

Created on: August 14, 2009

Jolly like a jolly friend

She sneaks upon me smiling

Like the crow-crow coming of the morning

Upon the retiring darkness

And as the sneaking and sneezing night

Upon the unwise; upon the unprepared

Had she like an enemy come

Guarded like a gallant soldier

I'll have been braving

My long and wise spoon at dinner deployed

With this smiling serpent

With this elegant evil

And her Mia! Mia! Mia! Mamba moves!

And her kia! Kia! Kia! Lyrical laughter!

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