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Story of the Poem

Hubs and I went for a drive up the canyon to the lake. It was very busy, so we continued on, looking for cool things. We ended up stopping at this little rest area to stretch. There was a couple there, looking down at the level below us. The woman spotted the Gila monster.

Naturally, her travel companion ran down to the next level to get a closer look at it, scaring the crap out of it. I was trying to get a picture of it as it scurried away. I didn’t have my zoom lens on me (I was lucky that I even had a camera!). Luckily, I was able to get one clear picture of it.

I would have gotten so many more (and better) pictures if the man would have just stayed and observed. It’s all good though. This is the first one I’ve seen in the wild, and it was amazing.

I got the inspiration for writing a haiku from the amazing https://nonsoweb.blog/2025/08/24/moonglow-ii-haiku/. I haven’t played with haiku for a bit, and thought it would be fun. I sense a series coming. 🙂