Iguana

Weighted lids hang on
wet eyes.
Bags of skin
throb under the throat.
The chin rises, eyes snap.
Saliva puddles in anticipation.
Skin ripples as muscles
glide over bone.
Talons clutch nubbins
of shale. Taut
flesh scrapes dust.
Bone triangles writhe as the
tail divides clouds of earth.
Jaws wiggle,
munching on a flower.
Hunger ceases.

1988

Thoughts and Comments

I originally wrote, and published, this poem in 1986. This version is a substantial revision.

Original version of Iguana.

Published under my maiden name: Barbara Muller

Chrysalis
Robert McQueen High School
Reno, Nevada
Volume 1, No. 4
June 1986

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