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Brian Moses
The Ssssnake Hotel
The Ssssnake Hotel
The Ssssnake Hotel
An Indian python will welcome youto the Ssssnake hotel.
As he finds your keys he’ll maybe enquire
if you’re feeling well.
And he’ll say that he hopes you survive the night,
that you sleep without screaming
and don’t die of fright
at the Ssssnake hotel.
There’s an anaconda that likes to wander
the corridors at night,
and a boa that will lower itself onto guests
as they search for the light.
And if, by chance, you lie awake
and nearby something hisses,
I warn you now, you’re about to be covered
with tiny vipery kisses,
at the Ssssnake hotel.
And should you hear a chorus of groans
coming from the room next door,
and the python cracking someone’s bones,
please don’t go out and explore.
Just ignore all the screams
and the strangled yells
when you spend a weekend
at the Ssssnake hotel.
© 2000, Brian Moses
From: Barking Back at Dogs
Publisher: Macmillan, London
From: Barking Back at Dogs
Publisher: Macmillan, London
Brian Moses
(United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1950)
Brian Moses was the first real live children's poet I ever met. He visited the school where I was a teacher a long time ago – before my own career as a poet got underway. Brian was then, and is still, an inspiration to other writers and poets, as well as to children. He has been a professional children’s poet for 18 years and his enthusiasm for his craft is undimmed. To date, Brian has visited ...
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The Ssssnake Hotel
An Indian python will welcome youto the Ssssnake hotel.
As he finds your keys he’ll maybe enquire
if you’re feeling well.
And he’ll say that he hopes you survive the night,
that you sleep without screaming
and don’t die of fright
at the Ssssnake hotel.
There’s an anaconda that likes to wander
the corridors at night,
and a boa that will lower itself onto guests
as they search for the light.
And if, by chance, you lie awake
and nearby something hisses,
I warn you now, you’re about to be covered
with tiny vipery kisses,
at the Ssssnake hotel.
And should you hear a chorus of groans
coming from the room next door,
and the python cracking someone’s bones,
please don’t go out and explore.
Just ignore all the screams
and the strangled yells
when you spend a weekend
at the Ssssnake hotel.
From: Barking Back at Dogs
The Ssssnake Hotel
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