Eight-line Poems

Gaboon Viper

Gaboon Viper

Oh, I’m poisonous alright,
and pretty as sin with my diamond shaped colours,
my great, chiselled head and bloated body,
but my heart’s as dark as the night,
the forest night, that is,
deep in the undergrowth where the stars don’t reach
and I lie camouflaged,
waiting for you.


Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 12.20.22
Prompt: Write a poem about something poisonous.