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The lizards crouched on a desert rock,

Quietly reminiscing,

When all of a sudden one of the members

Noticed that one was missing.

 

“Where is Sunny?” he asked the others.

“Is he under the weather?

Come to think of it, he wasn’t here

The last time we were together.”

 

“Poor Sunny,” the patriarch said,

“Isn’t himself these days.

He even lacks the motivation

To come and soak up some rays.

 

"Haven't you noticed that recently

His eyes have lost their twinkle?

For some of us it’s the end of the world;

For others it’s just a wrinkle.”

 

Then he added, "Sometimes in life

A sad thing can occur,

And suddenly we realize that

We're not what we were.

 

“So, what I have to share with you,

I say with no compunction:

Sunny seems to suffer from

A case of reptile dysfunction.”

 

-by Bob B (8-7-21)