the serpent slithered into your heart spewing a poisonous spray she seduced lied cried that you need to know she hurt you when she hissed all the secrets and non truths of knowledge she killed My chances With every word that slipped from her Serpent tounge A flower an apple too tempting But in a tree a garden Of sweeter fruit A seed of desire Sowed into a prosperous garden Of could have beens Of maybes Watered With the withering Of a mouse's slow start Slowly ****** clean by A dry serpent heart