(...)
A monitor lizard
,snake-like,
tongue flicking at
the humid morning air
for molecules
tastes my being
coming
before I
see him;
he creeps
into a run
and
slithers
into the underbrush
I look for him
and I see him --
scaly earthy ancient
body and tail
thick
like the roots
of a sea-grape tree;
a leathery stonehead with stygian eyes
shiny stares at
me
shiny stares at
me
or is it just the green water
beyond?
I leave him be.
***
Updated: 8 June 2013
Updated: 8 June 2013
3 comments:
pretty cool...we used to have lizards all over the place in florida...i like the pondering as well of our connection with him...a much more anchient species surely....
Aye. Thanks for coming by, Brian. :)
yes, leave him be. :)
you have a poetic way of describing this encounter. i came across one in a bike trail and it slithered off into the underbrush too. i have not come across another one since.
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