There’s a snake in the grass, his name is fear
Slithering slowly, making reason disappear
Moving surreptitiously like poison gas
There’s a snake, a snake in the grass
look carefully/ you can see/snake in the grass

There’s a snake in the grass, called nationalism
Displaying his flag like a shiny prism
Raising jingoistic slogans to a critical mass
There’s a snake, a snake in the grass
look carefully/ you can see/snake in the grass

There’s a snake in the grass, called ‘blame the refugee’
With dog whistles of racism and bigotry
Columbus was his hero in history class
There’s a snake, a snake in the grass
look carefully/ you can see/snake in the grass

Snakes arrive on the wings of apathy/covered in crosses and fake Christianity
But every religions value of humanity/knows that snake is just a profanity

There’s a snake in the grass, stirring up discontent
With the fable we can all be in that one percent
Saying why should I pay taxes, I need a free pass
There’s a snake, a snake in the grass
look carefully/ you can see/snake in the grass

There’s a snake in the grass, with an orange complexion
With the fascists of old he’s got a connection
Down in the dirt, near the underpass
There’s a snake, a snake in the grass
look carefully/ you can see/snake in the grass

(c) M. Skliar 2020