A Tribute to My Childhood Pet, Whatever It Was
He was licking his scales clean with his tongues, when he looked up, made eye contact with me, and bared his fang. It was love at first sight.
Anthony Scibelli is a stand-up comedian, writer, and filmmaker. His short films have been screened as official selections and won awards at film festivals throughout the country, including the Boston Film Gala, the SENE Film Festival, the LA Film Awards, KaPow Intergalactic Film Festival, and the Portland Comedy Film Festival. He is currently shopping a comic novel. You can see his short films and web series at TheASWS.com.
He was licking his scales clean with his tongues, when he looked up, made eye contact with me, and bared his fang. It was love at first sight.
No one was as close to me as Elliott. We were two peas in a pod, a regular pair of pals, two elephants in a diaper.
It was never clear what subject he was supposed to be teaching, since on our schedules it was spelled in mysterious runes that burned your eyes.