Python

[Izzy]

[b]Python

Slivers from valley to valley,
his tongue - contorted - lavishes
the riches of the hills.

On signs the people write
'Python Required'

The valleys rest silent watching him bathe
in his dollar, his dosh, his squalor.

The signs grew weary,
ashamed of their words
and so changed to -
'We Now Accept Birds'

The python grew poorer,
no longer slivered, he squirmed,

For very few jobs require a python,
he learned.

[Keith]

This could be applied to many different snakes in life and I enjoyed the ambiguity that allows the reader to put his own spin to it. Not sure squalor fits with having money ? but very much enjoyed thanks TOMH

[Volaticus]

I think this is a clever and witty little poem. Only minor thing I didn't like so much, were the hyphens.
Thanks for sharing, I enjoyed the read