Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Misplaced Faith

I handle a venomous snake,

My faith in God's power to show

A believer's action to take,

Because the Bible tells me so.

Written in the Gospel of Mark

The Good Book tells me this to do

To enable me to embark

On proving that God's word is true.

I take a venomous snake from

A container in which it be,

And hold it so as to welcome

Divine protection over me.

I was bit by the copperhead.

A short time later I was dead.