Tag: lizard
Monday Morning Wake-Up Call: Pick ’em and put ’em down
Basilisk lizard, also known as Jesus Christ Lizard because they can run on water up to speeds of 5 mph. (Source: gifak-net)
How do you make it lie down?
…I’ve never seen anything as strong or as stubborn,” he says.
And I think,
how do you tame a wild tongue,
train it to be quiet,
how do you bridle it and saddle it?
How do you make it lie down?
~ Gloria Anzaldua, “How to Tame a Wild Tongue“, From Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza
Credits: Photograph of Australian Blue Tongue Lizard: Tammy Puntti. Poem Source: The Chateau of My Heart
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