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May 2020
I had a strange dream,
a rather eerie kind of dream
and in my dream,
a crystal clear dream,
all that I saw was
snakes everywhere.

Snakes that transformed to human,
snakes that worshiped mammon,
snakes that slithered here,
snakes that slithered there.
These human snakes,
were everywhere.
Other snakes,
they trust not nor care.

Every snake,
an enemy of the other
These slippery human snakes,
These sly cunning snakes,
With venom in their hearts,
and smiles on their faces,
happy when a friend departs,
for hate prevails in all their hearts.

I had a strange dream,
a rather eerie kind of dream
and in my dream,
a crystal clear dream,
all that I saw was
hooded snakes everywhere.

In the midst of these snakes,
These writhing slippery snakes,
I saw a face of innocence
A simpleton full of benevolence
With nothing much of a contribution
to any worldly institution.
A simpleton who considered
these snakes a mere illusion

Noticing the simpleton among them,
The snakes swarmed towards him
They struck him with their fangs
And waited to witness his death pangs
But the simpleton just smiled
And stroked them with fingers mild
The more they bit him
The more he stood firm

I had a strange dream,
a rather eerie kind of dream
and in my dream
a crystal clear dream
all that I saw was
striking snakes everywhere.

The snakes struck their fangs deep
But the simpleton never did weep
Their poison they emptied quickly
While the simpleton stood simply
His blood immune to the poison
Surrendered not to this treason
Until their fangs tore and broke
Leaving behind dead snake folk.

The poison made the simpleton stronger
And his life time all the more longer
While the remaining snakes ran in fear
As towards them he came near
He sought them out as friends so dear
But to them he appeared an enemy clear
They bit and bit and bit and bit
Until they all died bit by bit.

I had a strange dream,
a rather eerie kind of dream
and in my dream
a crystal clear dream
all that I saw was
dead snakes everywhere.
This was written during a time of great upheaval in my career when all professional colleagues appeared poisonous and could not be trusted at face value...
Ben Noah Suresh
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Ben Noah Suresh  65/M/Madras, South India
(65/M/Madras, South India)   
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