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To: JustAmy
A few weeks into off-campus housing
The middle of the week in a season growing colder
I get a call from an old friend in the dorms
"They are making me get rid of Milo tonight"
Milo was his pet boa
"OK, bring 'em here" my reply
He brought the tank and told me to treat him
as if he were mine

So I did
He spent many of the mornings lounging on my shoulders
Tail over my left, head on my right
feeding on the warmth of the back of my neck

four foot boas are not hard to manage
They are hardy, and require little
save for the occaisional mouse
and cage cleaning
The one thing they do need is warmth
Anyone who has ever picked one up from a cold morning
is surprised how a lethargic serpent
seems to coil around their arm so quickly

Warm WARM, I am getting warm, ahhhhh
This is all that is really going on, well
at least until you forget that one is ox-bowed around your neck
as I did the day when I walked into a rented home
of a few girls I had known from church
Seems I had forgotten on important little detail
The shrieks that ensued were an amusing reminder
of the day I forgot I was wearing a boa
A LIVE one

4,390 posted on 02/28/2009 9:55:22 AM PST by StarfireIV (Hope, Change, and Atlas is starting to shrug)
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To: StarfireIV

GReat to see you and your funny story, Starfire. Is this story for real? OMG

I prefer my boas the feathery type. :^ )

Hope you are enjoying a nice warm Saturday without Milo.


4,404 posted on 02/28/2009 10:51:15 AM PST by JustAmy (I wear red every Friday, but I support our Military everyday!!)
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