Rattlesnake!!!!!!

“Rattle!” said the rattlesnake
to the man who walked too near
but the man didn’t hear.

“Fwooot woot woot,” whistled the walking man
as he tried to stay awake.
It was nearly daybreak.

“R-r-r-attle!” the tail began to stammer,
and the tired, heedless man
still didn’t understand.

“Bonk!” the man stepped on a rake
on the ground next to a hammer.
His head got a Whammer!

“Sssssss,” the rattlesnake bared fangs,
but the man had a lucky break.
Those fangs had an ache.

“Wow!” the rake was quite a find
when it gave his head a bang.
“I’m a farmer!” he sang.

“Slizzzz,” the snake entwined the hammer
that had been left behind.
It had something in mind.

“La da di!” sang the farmer’s hail,
as his next morning’s meander
came again toward the rattler.

“Whunk!” said the hammer that the snake
had lifted in its tail,
and that warning prevailed!

“Oooooww!” he grabbed his throbbing toe,
then the farmer with the rake
shrieked, “Rattlesnake!!!!!!”