lizard with deformed tail

Nature poem

Oct 10

lizard with long tail

forked and curled

into small, opposing semicircles

basking in the sun

does he worry about

his deformity?

is he accepted by other lizards?

is he a social outcast

in his world of individualists?

or is he merely warmed by the sun

and watching to catch any near-

flying insects with his agile tongue?

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Author of the Nandria Series, MaryJane is a retired family practice physician who grew up in the Midwest but now lives in the Pacific Northwest.

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