How To Relocate A Lizard
A Terrifying, Funny Poem
One fine morning, a summer day as warm as can be I step into the bathroom, and what do I see?
Front and center, staring me down A lizard! Big, fat, a creepy shade of brown
Rotating its head around, left to right I’m frozen to the spot, I’m all out of might
It’s got my exit routes all mapped out Its gonna be him or me, a one-on-one bout
Will it jump at me? I thought, channeling my perspicacity Calculating distance, probability and muscle tenacity
Balefully it looks at me, eyes full of vice While at this end my blood turns to ice
What do you want? I ask, through tears & snot Coz if it’s food, an insect I am not
Shelter & safety, I can provide neither You’ll be better off, somewhere other
I try threats, I try begging, I try pleading But no matter what I do, it’s not budging
I won’t be going to work today, that much is clear My enemy knows, I hold my precious life dear
An excuse I’ll need to cook up, some sort of hazard Can’t say it’s coz of my bathroom, its occupied by a lizard
Who knows how many a minute has passed, or how many an hour? Contemplating each other intensely, both our gazes going sour
Shoo, shoo, shoo! I say helplessly, waving my hands all around While he seems to say to me, “Is there a chicken here to be found?”
Of all the ways I could die, I think, my life flashing before my eyes Felled by a lizard in a bathroom! Damn, it’s not even my size
I need a miracle, I need a rescue, I need a prayer I need something to guide me, even a soothsayer
Rooted to the spot, I finally open my eyes again Hallelujah, it’s moved! It’s on the other side of the pane
Saying my thanks, giving my gratitude, I move in a hurry To close the window tightly shut, absolve myself of worry
I’d rather battle a dragon; I’d rather face off with a witch Anything else is fine, but a lizard puts me in a stitch
The job’s done, now I can take a breath of relief I survived doomsday with the minimum grief
Survival is key, coz now I can say with pride No matter what comes my way, I can now abide
And that is how my friends, I became a wizard At the obscure and subtle art of Relocating a Lizard
