Chemical Burn
“I looked at the now empty chair where Mag had been sleeping. The heat and humidity of the mid-morning sun soothed me, and I lay there for a while, simply enjoying the sights, sounds, and smells of the jungle. There isn’t much jungle where I come from. It’s mostly desert and cityscape, although I’d visited plenty of jungle worlds over the years. The canopy stretched overhead, and I watched a troop of monkeys playing tag through the branches high above. The orange blossoms of the elequeme trees t...hat fenced in the sides of my patio and ran around the front of the property gave the air a subtly pleasant perfume. They were part of the reason I’d kept the place, a gift from an old friend on his deathbed. And no, before you ask, I didn’t kill him.
As I stood up, I noticed an iguana on the low, stone wall at the back of the patio, lounging on one of the gateposts. I stripped down, leaving my clothes draped over the back of the chair, and walked through the gate down the path towards the ocean.MoreLess
As I stood up, I noticed an iguana on the low, stone wall at the back of the patio, lounging on one of the gateposts. I stripped down, leaving my clothes draped over the back of the chair, and walked through the gate down the path towards the ocean.MoreLess
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