REPTILIAN TESTIMONY

Her words slithered across the page
In serpentine persuasion
A smooth hissing of pleasantries
Veiling intentions to ensnare her

Not an angry syllable surfaced
As cool soothing sounds slipped
Into lines of utmost innocence
Sure in their destination of guilt

Questions swayed hypnotically
Toward a contrite trance
Rhythmically crooning convictions
Spells upon in repetitious litany

Relishing the victory she struck
Fangs piercing her she injected her venom
As poisonous invectives oozed
Seeping into her vulnerable wounds

Her victims, she now lies immobilized
Her pages lay crumpled in a heap
Like dried scaly skin discarded
In cold blooded reptilian testimony