He was there, really just as a joke.

The plastic lion toy in the fridge.

His purpose?

To scare my wife.

It was a ridiculous thing;

Entirely juvenile and sophomoric…

And that’s exactly why I loved it!

Just a chance to be a big kid.

It didn’t work, but it was fun-

Fun to make her laugh

When things have been so serious of late.

We needed that. We need more cold lions.