One morning, the Shinies were
Fooling around with chalk,
When they heard a slow knock.
(It was too hot, however, to move.)
“We’re not here at all!” they said,
Their crabby voices in unison.
But whoever it was, only knocked again.
(So one Shiny crawled to the door.)
“What sort of a boa are you?!”
Their little faces were pale.
“Spotty, handsome male.”
(He smiled, pleased with his answer.)
It was the Really Bored Boa
Who took off his long sock
And slithered onto their sofa.
(Without wiping his tail on the doormat.)
“A real boa can eat a wild pig!”
Said one Shiny, widening her jaw.
“Do you mean, they eat it raw?”
(He was a city snake, in his defence.)
They didn’t care as long as he didn’t
Pat their heads with his dirty tail.
But he did this, without fail.
(And then, they had to bite him.)
But the bored Boa did not react.
He didn’t see what he was missing,
In not furiously hissing.
(It simply didn’t suit him.)
“But have you tried?” they asked.
“Hiss, hiss, hiss,” he said out loud.
The Amazing Miss Shinies nearly cried.
(It didn’t sound like a snake at all.)
“Of course, and they eat them whole!”
Their faces lit up, like this was a pleasant idea.
“Did you just read that on Wikipedia?”
(He was occasionally very sarcastic.)
“When will you act like a snake?”
The Shinies said, chiding him.
“Grow up, for God’s sake.”
(But he turned his tail on them.)
He was tired of everyone’s shock.
Couldn’t he ever be himself?
He was just a boa with a sock.
(He’d sock them, if they didn’t shut up.)
“Know what an angry boa does?”
Began one of them, in a pestering voice.
Then they heard a terrifying noise.
(The bored boa was actually hissing!)
And before they knew it,
He’d grabbed their invisible feet
With his tiny, but pin sharp teeth.
(Now he would show them!)
The Amazing Miss Shinies
Shed tears of great joy.
“Boa, you are no longer a boy!”
(He was confused - hadn’t they known this before?)
But they wriggled and they jiggled,
And seemed so pleased
That his temper was appeased.
(He dropped them at once.)
“Again, again, again!”
The Shinies begged and groaned.
He patted their heads but said, “NO!”
(Who would want to act like a snake twice?!)
