Fifteen Snakes and a Kangaroo

She had some weird pets.
Mind you, I'm not averse to a cat or two,
but the piranha and constrictors really turned me off.
She told me she was into ecology.

I said, "Fine, let's watch it from a distance."
" No one else will care if we don't, " she chided.
"Yeah, well I care," I said," but I don't see myself
as the Mother Teresa of the animal kingdom."

"But, how can you just turn your back on all
these animals?" she pleaded.
"I can't!" I said," That's the problem.
Would the world really be worse off with fewer snakes?"

"How can you think like that?" she said.
"Easy," I said, " has anyone in a million years
ever missed the dinosaurs? What's a few
dead snakes among friends?"

"I don't think I could ever live with
someone with as little sensitivity as
you have toward the animal world!"
she stormed. "OK, fine!" I said.

Give me a warm cup of coffee in the morning,
a cold beer in the afternoon,
a hot game on the TV at night,
and a room devoid of reptiles any time.

Les

Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 01/07/2021 08:30PM by les712.

I'm with you a 100% on this one Les. I do like my coffee hot, though.

Joe

Nice piece of work, Les. My sentiment re: animules being beside the point.

Cheers,

Peter

Joe, thanks for reading and commenting. A hot cup of coffee does sound good in this weather.

Peter, thanks, mules are better than snakes any day.


Les

Bump for the nonbelievers. lol


Les

bump for the fine craftsmanship.