Big Green Lizard

By Lance Jencks

Scampers from his post

toward my outdoor coffee table

topped with glass.

I take another toke;

ask why he would do this

unless we had some certain

rapport. Maybe

he's my friend

after all.

Maybe he knows

I'm his.

About the author

Lance Jencks has been writing poetry for fifty years. In the 1970s he earned an MFA in Playwriting and a PhD in Contemporary Theatre. In the 1980s he published his verse-based roman á clef, "The Wisdom of Southern California," then toured that region with a one-man show of the same name. Lance has been an advertising copywriter, a stock-and-bond broker, and the guy who hooks your car to the chain at the car wash. He lives today in Newport Beach, California, where he was recently featured in the epic bodysurfing movie "Dirty Old Wedge" on Amazon.