Robert Verdon, #346, camouflage

lizard on a path

looking up, as they do

lungs like little bellows

(cold blood,

but it reminds me now

for no especial reason

of a steam engine I had as a kid

that broke and was never repaired

or replaced)

lizard waiting to bolt

thinking it is camouflaged from us

ironically I almost stepped on it at first

thinking it a stick

camouflage is not always

protection

I walk on

thoughtfully