Really now, life can be SO unfair. We are all of
us after all, nature's creations, animals of various
shapes and sizes, temperaments and natural
inclinations, all of which speaks to the vast
imagination and creative talents inherent in
Nature, the mother of us all. Yet here we are
my tribe, modest creatures that we are, living
everywhere in various incarnations, adding
to the diversity of creatures inhabiting this
singular planet we call home. Our very name
is feared and denigrated, sending shudders of
apprehension down the spines of others, large
and small not of our species. Here am I, a
modest creature with no ill-intentions toward
any though I have distant relations who respond
fiercely, lethally when irked, but not I. After
a miserably cold, long winter hibernation who
wouldn't want to emerge from a dank underground
den to bask in the spring sun? I lie passively
on stones or pathways to feel warmth coursing
through my reptilian body, harming none yet
I am harassed by curious animals wanting to
know what manner of beast I am. Leave me be!
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