Lizard Longing

I'm gonna tell Mama
I want an iguana,
all blinky and scaly
just like a piranha.
I don't want some flora,
I'd rather have fauna.
I'm gonna tell Mama
I want an iguana.

© I'm Gonna Tell mama I Want an Iguana
poem by Tony Johnston
illustrated by Lillian Hoban
G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1990

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