Happy Easter. Have a terrifying egg
A cockerel’s egg, hatched by a snake:
Something impossible combined
With something else unlikely, make
A creature that should not exist
Abomination. Some mistake
Of nature. Not on any list
Of possible anomalies
A serpent king, that with its hiss
Destroys each living thing it sees.
Except for the mustelidae
specifically, the common weasel
No-one knows exactly why
This tiny mammal knows a way
To overpower, terrify
Something invincible. They say
Nothing, however terrible
Can leave us without hope. That’s why
Although it seems improbable
There’s always something that can make
A nightmare become risible:
Just some pathetic chicken-snake.
Tom Juniper Poetry 