Tuesday, 3 July 2012

Small Red Lizard

Sometimes, in the bathroom,
the small red lizard will dart
out from the hole in the wall
chasing a moth to the ceiling.
Then it freezes in the light
or hurries behind the disinfectant
as if I can't see its long tail
or its translucent gray-pink torso
as long as it can't see me.

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