Gideon’s Secret

Gideon unleashed a primordial scream
of eons ago and killed a black snake.
A shocking sight, a killer’s instinct gleams

With lightning speed, he struck with deadly force,
learned somewhere, sometime very long ago,
he stomped and crushed until it was no more.

A gentle, pastoral, cute herbivore;
Gideon unleashed a primordial scream
a puzzling paradox to explore.

Totally out of nature, a learned feat
of eons ago, Gideon killed a snake
without a second thought with its feet.

A killer goat? Unthinkable! But then -
Gideon unleashed a primordial scream
from ancient times when goats where like men!

See a danger and then kill it! Logic
of eons ago, Gideon killed a snake,
Using genetic memories like magic.

A dormant instinct, a nature unveiled;
Gideon unleashed a primordial scream,
making me question what I might conceal?