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The Christmas Alligator

He prowl very still across 
the calm merky waters 
I can see him and he can 
see me with his big yellow 
eyes his pupils are lime 
green slowly he crawls not 
even shooing the cranes 
from off his back he crawls 
past the woodstorck perching 
on one leg the tall Cypress 
trees seems to sway as the 
moisture dampens the earth 
it's July already Christmas 
trees are ready to be cut and 
shipped off in time for the 
Christmas season I love this 
time of year although the heat 
covers the swamp not a breeze 
in sight the female alligators 
panted all night laying eggs 
upon the drift wood herons 
flying high as egrets feast 
on snakes the sun peeks in 
around noon as the alligators 
approached the grass sun 
bathing watching the golfers 
tee off sipping brandy in all 
this heat commotion beckons 
someone fishing just lost a limb 
my mind wanders the nature 
of this prehistoric giant unseen 
until prey invade his space again
chomp bones breaking cracking 
like branches the lake swells wails 
screeching lots of feathers the 
deer rush through the forest just
keep moving continue on stop your 
squawking and keep on walking

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Date: 8/8/2024 2:27:00 AM
Very nice poem! Impressive.
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Date: 8/6/2024 3:44:00 AM
Great alligator story. We don't have them in Malta, thank God. The only pests we have are mosquitoes and jellyfish:).
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Date: 8/4/2024 1:19:00 PM
I love this alligator story. Should I like him, or hate him? Since we.cant convince him to become vegan, I guess we should accept him as just another predator. Chomp on!
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Yolanda Nicholsen
Date: 8/5/2024 9:41:00 AM
Thank you Hilda Chomp on indeed many blessings.
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Tom Woody
Date: 8/4/2024 1:25:00 PM
Chomp on Hildster!

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