What Did I Get Myself Into

Red and yellow kill a fellow

Red and black friend of Jack

I think that’s right

If it is

It’s a lovely little number with a fun rhyme but

How dead is dead and

What kind of a friend is Jack and

What if it isn’t right

What if I’m color blind

What if snakes really aren’t for everybody

These are the questions you hope you ask

Before you buy the snake or

Come face to face with it on some dusty trail or

At least you naively hope

That if you have let the spirit move you

You will have time to figure it out in the moment and

On the fly

That you will see the colors you wanted to see

Whichever colors those are

Unfortunately as

Much as red and black are friends of Jack

So too

Is it true

That it does go by so fast and

That it doesn’t last

Not for this or any other snake and

Not for this fellow