Alligators lie patiently there in the black,"Fla. Man Loses Arm to Alligator Attack": "Sheriff's deputies pulled a naked man from the jaws of a nearly 12-foot long alligator...It was not clear why Apgar was in the water at such an early hour. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said Apgar told deputies he had been smoking crack." (Filed by The Associated Press, published November 29, 2006 in The New York Times.)
Waiting in the still, warm water to attack
The unwary in the dark,
Who go in swimming stark
Naked after kicking back and smoking crack.
Thursday, November 30, 2006
How to avoid being eaten by an alligator
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If anything would keep me from smoking crack and skinny-dipping in the dark in Florida, that would. Horrors!
ReplyDeleteLove your poetic homage commemorating the event.:)
Look on the bright side. He didn't feel a thing.
ReplyDeleteI was amazed that the guy could be pulled alive out of that critter!
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