To: SamAdams76
It’s not just you, there’s an awful lot of roadkill out there.
It’s as if the wildlife is committing suicide.
2,054 posted on
05/27/2012 6:46:28 PM PDT by
Darksheare
(You will never defeat Bok Choy!)
To: Darksheare; SamAdams76; JustAmy; MEG33
"Its not just you, theres an awful lot of roadkill out there.
Its as if the wildlife is committing suicide."
Down on the Road
My wifes cat got killed down on the road the other day,
Expending all of its lives in a futile, final moment.
Probably, its better that it happened quickly,
We wouldnt want the beast to live in torment.
We never got around to giving it a name,
Translating just as friendly sounds,
And we were just some folks it saw,
In making its appointed rounds.
The necessary burial detail fell to me,
Ive had too much of practice in the task.
Id just as soon it fall to someone else,
To let me shrug and wonder if shed ask.
So, have you seen the cat of late?
The poor thing must be ready to come round
No, Dear. I havent seen it,
Its probably in another part of town.
The comfort of not knowing would be welcome.
Instead I have the dread of knowing truth;
That cats will go a-hurrying across a road,
As if the hounds of Hell pursueth.
Cats and highway vehicles dont mix too well,
The feline wiring wont admit,
That there are times and circumstances,
When cat-quick reflexes dont fit.
And thus the grisly task inherits me.
Holding back my tears with stoic face,
I perform a silent duty to a former friend,
Caught between a wheel and a hard place.
Then walking back to put away the shovel,
I have a little time to give it thought.
Please let someone do the same for me,
When I have lost the final battle that I fought.
Just put me down where frost wont make me shiver,
And cover with a blanket made of grass,
Amidst the roots which always smell so pleasant,
Of soda-scented sweetened sassafras.
NicknamedBob . . . March 19, 2008
2,055 posted on
05/27/2012 7:22:53 PM PDT by
NicknamedBob
(I didn't feel up to going through a second childhood. That's why I had myself cloned.)
To: Darksheare; SamAdams76
It’s “spring.” The roadkill you see is probably the offspring of the more experienced live animals. Some people see a critter and TRY to kill it. Others try to avoid them.
2,061 posted on
05/28/2012 6:52:33 AM PDT by
Monkey Face
(Be yourself. Everyone else is taken!)
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