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Saturday's Storyteller: "Jezebel, my pet iguana, silently waits for my demise."

by Belinda Roddie Jezebel, my pet iguana, silently waits for my demise. I am convinced that her murder plot for other pets of mine in the past have involved dry plants she didn't desire to eat, a cup of stale water, and some traces of fecal matter. My mother says that this combination is in no way lethal, but I have stressed to her that my pet snake, Oliver, died in a similar fashion. I believe Jezebel felt it was a rivalry of attention that had to end. In my case, however, she does not seem to want to actively end my feeble existence. I believe she wishes for me to fritter my life away in the fashion I have taken on, and slowly but surely, I shall disregard my diet.  I wonder if she is quietly praying for Mother Nature to destroy all of humanity with a super typhoon. That will at least leave Jezebel with some fresh water. I've tried giving Jezebel away in fear of my own safety or sanity, but to no avail. My best friend Jonathan does not like reptiles. My other fri

Today's OneWord: Braid

She tied her hair into a braid, only to have her brother chop it off in one rough stroke with a sharpened kitchen knife. They placed the hair in a plastic bag and left it on the doorstep of the old doctor, who screeched at the sight of his betrothed's "gift," along with the note left beside it: Find another one to wash your callused feet. I am long gone.