A zooming, barreling
noisy thinking contraption
My attention
driving the scenic route
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I thought he was Road Kill for sure. Poor baby! But isn't that just like real life - when we least expect it, a 18 wheeler comes. Well drawn picture.
Good poem. It must be terrifying for small animals to attempt to cross a busy road or highway, especially at night with the headlights coming and the weird vibration. I am sure such an experience is completely unnatural for the small creatures that live in synchronous rhythm with the earth and the one life that animates all living things.
Your last lines really spoke to me! Linda