lizard liberation

i got a couple of bags of charcoal out of my shed and put them in my car trunk to take with me to the nightwalking workshop at buescher s.p. this past weekend.

i unloaded them but ended up not using them.

when i was loading my trunk for the journey home, i saw a lizard in my trunk. it looked like the lizards that live in my shed--mottled, textured, reddish brown, slow moving. it hid from me and the light.

i worried that it might not come out, that it might die in my trunk.

when i got home and unloaded my trunk, i saw it scurry out of the trunk and disappear and felt relieved.