yes, this is an alligator, not a crocodile. This is an ekphrastic poem in response to the children’s book The Truth About Crocodiles by Maxmillian Eaton III. https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250198440/thetruthaboutcrocodiles Crocodiles are devoted mothers. Cold blooded. Crocodile mothers guard their nests communing with their unborn children synchronizing their breaths to a shared miracle moment of collective hatching.

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