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Ancients Rule

Ancients Rule

...And don't bring me flowers anymore.

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Three pictures arranged in gallery form across the page. #1 Green water lilies and plants in the foreground and higher dried out 3 ft. tall brown bushes in background. In between are a dozen alligators sprawled along the shore of a sliver of tannins colored water. #2 A dozen alligators sunning themselves on a strip of dried brown vegetation flanked on either side by thick green water plants. #3 Four alligators, some in the large blue sink water and some barely on shore. Some scrawny leafless trees are partially blocking view of alligators on shore.Three pictures arranged in gallery form across the page. #1 Green water lilies and plants in the foreground and higher dried out 3 ft. tall brown bushes in background. In between are a dozen alligators sprawled along the shore of a sliver of tannins colored water. #2 A dozen alligators sunning themselves on a strip of dried brown vegetation flanked on either side by thick green water plants. #3 Four alligators, some in the large blue sink water and some barely on shore. Some scrawny leafless trees are partially blocking view of alligators on shore.Three pictures arranged in gallery form across the page. #1 Green water lilies and plants in the foreground and higher dried out 3 ft. tall brown bushes in background. In between are a dozen alligators sprawled along the shore of a sliver of tannins colored water. #2 A dozen alligators sunning themselves on a strip of dried brown vegetation flanked on either side by thick green water plants. #3 Four alligators, some in the large blue sink water and some barely on shore. Some scrawny leafless trees are partially blocking view of alligators on shore.
La Chua Trail at Payne's Prairie with real "Gatorland" models

Ancients Rule

We have not shores hemmed by sand

Yet giant sunbathers crowd this land.

Ancient tales their flesh tells

of lesser creatures dragged to their hell.

Statues still

Comatose sleeping

Silent death knell

of lightning creeping.

Infinitely stoking our fascination

As we trespass on 

the gators’ nation.

Twelve foot alligator swimming alone in a blue body of water. His tail is partially submerged, but his large snout and abdominal area can clearly be seen. The edge of the shore, covered in small green plants and a few dried out stalks that have gone to seed is in the foreground.
A big boy cruising the waters at La Chua Trail

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