Red-Bellied Black Snake

• Nathan Turner, Grade 8, The Rock Central School
• Poetry
• 2016

Excellence Award in the 'Top Secret 2016' competition

I went to take a picture of it
And the phone storage was full.
I went to change to the SD card
But the SD card was full.

I thought “Why is God so cruel to me?"
He’s had it in for me all day
He’s always spoiling my fun
My days are gloomy and grey.

My disappointment followed me
Then it went away
I went back to the classroom
And words started to play.

Now you see the words
They’re written in this verse.
It shows that God is not cruel at all
He’s just a little perverse.