A rattlesnake swam the river

Landing cold from it’s swim

Too cold to coil

A few freet from where

Daniel and John were eating lunch.

( the same two characters present last year

When John got bitten….so

You can imagine my traumatized deja Vu)

I insisted we call the snake whisperer

Who picks up the phone -ready to be of help

(today he was called to remove a mating pair)

He really values them/ they as relatives.

And so it was with a salute from John

That our snake regained her freedom

With a flick of her tongue

He wondered if perhaps she was his same snake.

Job done.