Lizard won't say Cheese!

Monday, 1:57 pm. in the midst of work at the office, I’d felt a chronic feeling of dizziness. Lack of sleep consumed my attentiveness, my eyelids were heavy, and I needed some sleep or maybe just a cup of coffee.

I took a deep breath and chose to wave my stomach to give myself a sense of relief. Not good. It worsened my mood, maybe it has something to do with the chocolate ice cream that I’ve taken days ago. Too much sugar is bad; the okra weren’t enough as remedy.

I was about to fall into siesta when a startling yells from outside almost tossed me out from where I’ve seated. My consciousness went back to normal that moment, sleepiness were gone.

The shouting from outside draws interest, there must be something wrong outside. I didn’t waste a single minute to respond to it for I couldn’t wait. I got up from my desk, abandoning ream-thick of paperwork in idleness. Strode out through the aisle of desks and officemates computer, all of them were unattended, entire office were deserted and I was alone. I was nervous, maybe they’ve all gone outside and leaving me trapped and in peril.

But I wasn’t.

As I’ve made it to the front of office main door, the luminous afternoon bright sky offered a squinting submission into my eyes; it took several seconds before I was able adjust to the pierce light, and that’s when I saw the real thing.

Up there on the rooftop of Laboratory Office building is a wild creature, A lizard, its body twice the size of a baseball bat, about one meter long, dirty white in color and with dark-devil brown eyes.

I didn’t wonder why the office was deserted; I understood every man’s inquisitiveness and inquiry. All they wanted as much as I was is to witness a big reptile jumping off from a gutter like a suicidal man, broken hearted that desperately needs to end his own life from two stories up to wipe away the painful and cruel emotional reality.

The occurrence happened so fast.

My heart thumped more rapidly when the reptile abruptly set free from its hesitation, jumped off from the rooftop like a Chinese Olympic diver by the gutter and landed in front of me without a splash. The reptile wasn’t broke, stood on its four legs and facing straight at me. I was rattled and couldn’t move that moment, the site of a reptile that big, with its exposed split tongue, I succumbed and almost fainted. I tried to deny it and pretended burly by gulping down saliva, nearly dislocated my Adam’s apple on process.

Fortunately, the reptile seemed busy and ignored me. It didn’t attack. The reptile utilized the open ground at my right side, took cover under parked cars and evades freely like a coward rat, acted in a stratum of a prey than that of a predator.

I tried to catch the reptile, hoping I could get a clear shot (photo). But it gave an impression of a shy mammal because just when I’m about to push click the button, it swiftly turned its back on me towards the pile of boulders outside the cyclone wire fences, as if trying to mock me “Hey Lolek, I don’t deserve to be chased, and neither say cheese!, take my tail instead!”

Credits : Belmer Salonoy's Digicam, Mona (the first to inform me about the reptile appearance), and my desire to chase for a "say cheese!"