oh how foolish
the heart can be
to allow a slithering creature
into its atrium so freely
                                                  of profound feelings
                                                  the snake knew naught
                                                   he wrought damage
                                                   upon my heart's inner core
his introductory
to my company
was of a charming filigree
                                                   all that he voiced
                                                   did so beguile
                                                   yet none of it
                                                   was worthwhile
coldly the reptile
slipped
through the porous membrane
of my heart
and with his cobra venom
sundered
its hearth