"Oh look, they have a Mojave Desert hairy leg."
"Oh jeez."
-Mother and son at the Pomona reptile show.
Things flicked their tongues
and coiled up,
and people watched.
One man talked about
a bathtub full of gila monsters.
Mealworms crawled over eachother.
Everything, everyone
was sitting out displayed for us,
in clear top tupperwares,
or perched over them peering in.
I walked with Sarah;
we watched the people gather
and the turtles crawl.