oblivion

"I've seen them get to be this big," she heard the man standing at the towel stand say, as he held his hand about two feet apart.

"Yes," the other man said. "I have seen one in this area. I believe it may live near here."

She sat on the wall and looked at the two men, at the two foot iguana. Are they talking about you? she thought in the general direction of the iguana. Surely they see the giant lizard so near their feet. But so often one doesn't notice until the think is right there, the iguana gnawing on toes, the mud puddle hiding in the grass. These things creep.