Sense Sonnet - Pumper

 Just Being Polite

A ch-ch-ch maraca sound

When in the wild comes to the ear

Means that a rattlesnake's around,

Wants maybe predators to hear.

And so its tail of keratin

The rattlesnake causes to shake.

Slowly the rattle does begin,

Then more rapid rattles to make,

The closer the deemed threat does get

As if the rattlesnake does say,

"Hey intruder there's still time yet"

"To turn around and go away."

Before a rattlesnake does bite,

It rattles a warning polite.