thank you for your very unexpected visit. when i walked out and onto our patio to rinse out our garbage can, you slithered across my path and totally freaked me out. but judging from your reaction, i totally freaked you out too. cause when i saw you and was like, arrrrrghhhhhhhh! and ran back into our house; you also were like arrrrrghhhh! and slithered back down your hole. it was a mutually inclusive experience of ”holy shit!” nothing brings one into the present moment like a potentially venomous creature. in a very buddhist yet shocking way, you snapped me out of my fog; and wide-eyed into the now. heart racing, hopping, and crazy faced – i felt very much alive. quite an accomplishment for something so small and limbless.
thanks for giving me something to think and write about.
snake lives there.
