ThePiper<p>The warm morning sun<br>Heats my night cooled blood<br>Ahunting I go</p><p>Background:<br>The photo was taken in the Robertson Karoo in the early morning after a cold night. Because of the cold the snake was moving sluggishly so we followed it a little until it started to become threatening at which stage we retreated.<br>The snake has a necrotic poison which is extremely painful but slow acting.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dailyhaikuprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dailyhaikuprompt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>haiku</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/snake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snake</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adder</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/puffadder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>puffadder</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/karoo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>karoo</span></a></p>