Around February 2021, the US was going through a cold snap which spawned a number of articles about what alligators do in order to survive the frigid temperatures. The pictures always showed a scaly snout poking up out of frozen water which sparked a small poem which found a home in the Swampland-themed inaugural issue of Moss Puppy Magazine.

Read Alligators in a Frozen Bayou in Moss Puppy Magazine, Issue 1: Swampland