Slide By
I was minding my own business,
When something caught my eye,
A ripple, and a glisten,
I saw a snake slide by.
His head, a green triangle,
Exceeding wise his eye,
His tongue, a little flicker,
He speaks! "Why don't
you try....?"
But I had heard that one before,
I'd read it in my Bible.
It had concerned my mother, Eve,
Forbidden fruit and foible.
"No thank you, Snake, wise as you are,
I know you fooled my mother.
Great was her Fall, it ruin'd the race,
Wrought untold harm and deep disgrace.
And, well I know, that in her place,
I'd get in trouble, double!"
"And, please, think not that on my own
I could refuse your offer.
It cost the blood of Jesus Christ,
In Him I trust, no other!"
The snake rose up as if to strike,
His eye glowed ruby red.
He hissed! "The stupid
churls are all
alike!
Can't seem to get it
through the head,
That beggars can't be
choosers,
And Jesus Christ's for
losers!"
"Agreed, old snake, you're quite correct,
I'm hardly a sensation.
And some do say right to my face,
'You can't rely alone on grace',
Yet, don't forget, I am elect of Christ from the Foundation!"
"I may lose now, but I'll win later.
And as for you, you're just a hater!
You can't repent. Your power is spent!
Slide by, back to your crater!"
So I went back to my business,
I saw the snake slide by,
To the next, a gleam, a glisten,
Exceeding wise the eye,
The tongue, a little flicker,
He speaks! "Why don't
you try....?"
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last update: 05/27/2009
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