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Date Posted: 15:55:53 12/05/01 Wed
Author: Stacy Smith
Subject: Poem/Book


THE GREAT ACTOR

Watching a nature show, I was amazed,
As I watched two creatures fixed in a gaze.
One was a bobcat, the other a hognose snake.
One of their lives was truly at stake.

The bobcat wanted the snake for a meal.
He swatted at the snake he intended to kill.
Then something clever by this snake was done,
As he rolled on his back and his brilliance begun.

He played dead with a scent smelling like decay.
Would this fool the cat and send him on his way?
A decaying carcass could make him sick,
So the snake as a meal he wouldn’t pick.

After another stare the bobcat parted.
Back to his belly the snake then started.
His life was spared by his convincing act.
Intelligence this snake sure didn’t lack.

Stacy Smith (c) 2001

I recently had a book published that is an anthology of wildlife poetry and short stories. There are many poems and stories in the book, by several different authors. If you would like to learn more about the book, please visit my web site at:
http://26ssmith.tripod.com/eyesofwild/

Thank you!

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