Gecko in the fridge

Next to the manteiga on the top shelf
a frightened baby lizard crawls

Good morning lizard - have you been here all night?

And I let him drop onto the container
moving it
ever so slowly
over to the chair

He drops like a leaf
splat
onto the chair

A surge of warmth in the cold blooded body
"Well this is a different zone," he must think.
32 degrees and climing

he hits the ground running