Jackal Versus Jackass

Anti-sycophancy

I’d rather be a Jackal

laughing away in the grass

Not a sneaky, snarky snake

Curled up inside some a*s

Hissing from the shadows

a small, impotent male

Spitting piss weak venom

On a potent, killer gale

For the Jackal is tenacious

a cutting, tearing omnivore

Ripping apart the heart

of a two-bit vegan w***e

And all the rattling snakes

and butthole clinging vipers

Can never pierce the breast

of a trueborn Jackal sniper

So, I’d rather be a Jackal

laughing away in the grass

Not a sneaky, snarky snake

Curled up inside some a*s

Author's Note

A Nobel Laureate actually called me up and complimented me on this poem after it won me honours in a top International Literary Society publication.

Reviews

[Marina]

Please share the email of this Nobel Laureate! I'd be happy to share some of my efforts with them for perusal! Your author's notes are always inventive and good for a chuckle. As for the poem? I have seen Jackals up close and their rather slender size and shape belies their ferocious attitude to prey. They do indeed hide in the grass before pouncing and tearing their victims to shreds. And I agree.....I never liked snakes. Too slithery and sly for my liking. Fine rhyme and meter here, Miss Marlette. 💛

[Miss Marlette]

My authors notes are my sincere effort to acquaint the writing world with my obscenely huge talent and brilliance. I share your aversion for snakes. Thank you for the upvote dear girl. 🤎

[Sapphus]

Verse 4. Sniper. Brilliant work, portraying the Jackal as a lone, merciless sniper. Funtastic.

[MarthaKlokke]

Some lucky people must be shitting snakes lmao. Why do we need sycophancy? Is it survival of the fittest and shittiest? Something more crooked than the human DNA.

[ZeppoZealand]

I read some lame efforts when I logged on last. Till I saw your piece. This I like.

[Jaffer]

Very fresh imagery of a snake curled up in an a*s. Imagine the stink. Holy golly moly.

[John the Baptist]

"A sneaky, snarly snake/Curled up inside some a*s." Sounds like hemorrhoids on steroids.

[Miss Marlette]

Love that description. Thank you for visiting 😊