Thomas Czarnik, PDR Posse member’s poem: In This Land of Snakes

Our PDR Posse member, Thomas Czarnik submitted a new poem for our enjoyment. Can you figure out the analogy? It is powerful.

In This Land of Snakes by Thomas Czarnik (05/29/2022)

In this Land of Snakes
Everyone needs one
(Or so we were told)

To protect property
To save life
To keep the peace. 
Just a small serpent at first
With a tiny rattle
And a little venom
More to sting than to kill
But then one day
Small was not enough
(Or so we were told)

And everyone had to have one:
A bigger snake
With a larger rattle
A longer tail
And even stronger venom
To carry on our belts
To protect property
To save life
To keep the peace.
Until someone then decided
Whether out of fear or pride
(We were never told)
That big was not big enough
And that everyone had to have one:
The biggest snake
With the largest rattle
And the longest tail
The strongest venom
And fangs dripping with blood
And though many of us were bitten
Young and old, friends and enemies alike
Our deaths are necessary
(Or so we are told)

To protect property
To save life
To keep the peace
In this Land of Snakes
The United Snakes of America. 

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