Crivens

female on scooter pulls up at home
drives up driveway and stops at gate
put the foot down and unlatchs gate
walks scooter through whilst cooing to waiting cats
my petunia, my pigeons
Still wearing red helmet
but with front uncatched and lifted up
she walks to the mail box
to see what is what
she has mail.
she reaches in to pick up letter
gecko dashes out of the way
from the lid to the front and safety.
Okay
Fine
Breathe

Reaches for letter again
Second gecko
larger
has spac attack
is on underside of letter as is lifted and leaps
leaps potentially to safety
i am sure that was its plan
leaps on female
comical scene eonsures of gecko running up and down legs of trouser wearing female attempting to stop it from getting higher with letter blocking way, obviously worried if gecko goes higher it might run up shirt which is untucked

gecko refuses to run to ground

female tries to keep cats from seeing gecko whilst guarding openings in clothing and contemplating the humiliation that would be the case if gecko run up shirt and female was forced to strip in front yard screaming like a wuss

gecko worryingly and magicially disappears.
Female can see nowhere

perhaps on back?
steps back to tree
offering peaceful out if such is the case

no sign of the gecko

the whereabouts of the gecko remains unknown
the clothes i was wearing were rapidly ditched into the laundry basket once the front door was unlocked