Dust to Dust

Death at the sort of church service
that makes most people nervous:

A "serpent-handling" West Virginia pastor died after his rattlesnake bit him during a church ritual, just as the man had apparently watched a snake kill his father years before.

You've handled them before
and you plan to handle more,
it's like standing in front of God's door,
but don't let it go to your head.

One day the rattles shake
and your colorful slithering snake
decides to make
you dead.