Ma’am, is this your alpaca? I found it on my lawn.
No, must be loose, from the next town over.
But are you sure it’s not a llama?
Or a short, kinda fluffy giraffe?
Pretty sure. I know my critters.
Speaking of which, could you hold my bird
a minute? I gotta see to this piranha
that’s trying to chew up my cat.
Sure, I can hold your bird with my spectral hand.
But she’s flashing low-power. Do you have her charger handy?
The outlet in this dog’s nose over here is free.
A painting called Glimmer by Sally Stanton, acrylic & mixed media, 36 x 36 inches, 2024.
*This one I wrote in March during an ekphrastic workshop, after one of my friend Sally Stanton’s paintings, but I revised it a little bit today.
“I know my critters”!
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So fun!
Love this trippy menagerie’s unfolding!
You made me wheeze laugh because we literally have had alpacas and sheep and horses and once a giant pig out wandering here on the island but no working dog noses. Yet. xoxox
So delightful. And dog’s nose charger, so convenient!!!