Lowes Lizard
2/14/21
One palm after another, I lifted, each branch would scrape and poke my face as I bent up and down shifting from one side to the other to take each pot off of the wooden pallet and set them onto the floor. Finally, I was done, at around elven in the morning, as I looked down at the almost empty pallet (that is to say it should have been completely empty) except for it wasn’t quite cleared yet. I saw you and stopped the tears before they could escape because I was sure that you had to be dead, or very near it. I lifted the pallet and let it drop to find that you were stunned and cold ; but
a l i v e .
Being the empath and animal lover has put me in situations like this before but I’ve never stopped myself, I am not about to stop now. I rescued you, this miniscule reptile of six centimeters long, kept you safe and warm as best I could until I could care for you and take you home. Funny that a lizard like you would find yourself in the Midwest at a time like this, the biggest snow storm we’ve had since 2013 (many areas got three feet of snow and maybe even more, the coldest it has been all year and yet there you were). At the end of my shift I took you home, I spent too much money very quickly to make sure you were in the correct environment; I’ve never cared for a reptile before. I had a few people to go to and I am thankful for that, but despite their expert advice and opinions I couldn’t shake the feeling that you would escape or die in the night. It hasn’t happened yet, but I’ve only been caring for you for what? A week?
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