he was taken aback
he liked to think he wasnt the
only one truly
but he didnt have empirical evidence and wouldnt
so all he could hope for was that
someone else might share his awarenesshis sensitivity
not that hed hold his breath
he couldnt say how many times he
removed a dead crushed squirrel skunk bird from a road
each and every time it angered
him
careless human beings
selfish
seemed things had to turn around
themaccommodate them they couldnt find
it in themselves to slow down or stop to save an animals life an earthling
he hadnt been on that stretch of road
for a week
approaching the stop sign he
watched a parchment thin carcass waft cross the road and settle near the dirt graveled shoulder
he swung wide of it in case the
wind shiftedhe didnt want to be a part of its
mutilation
a big opossum isnt rendered flat without other mutilations
he stoppedput the car in PARK applied the emergency brake turned the emergency flashers on and got out of it
a car rolled up behind him
he ignored it
he went around behind his car and
over to the shoulder the
driver tapped his horn he grabbed the remains by the tail and dragged it to a chainlink fence and wedged it under its
serrated bottom the
driver tapped his horn again he had no idea the blind could
drive
the driver exhorted
something through his parted window then accelerated left around his cars rear end only to have to slam
on his brakes as another car made a righthand turn off the thoroughfare they also had to slam on their brakes to avoid a head-on collision
the exhorting driver glared then realised he had to back up his jaws gnashedspewed gibberish gibberish because he wasnt listening as he
crossed again behind his car and carefully steppedavoiding the right-turning
car and getting back inside his
he turned off his emergency
flashers released his brake put the car in gear and signaled a lefthand turn
the driver behind him came up
close on his bumper and laid on his horn
he glanced into his rearview
mirror made eye contact flipped him
off as he made his left
Aaah
he almost felt sorryNOT when the driver accelerated
after himblowing the STOP and got T-boned by a thoroughfare driver who veered
right to sling behind his ass rather than slow down
it was a tremendous collusion
he left it to them to sort it
out if
either driver were conscious
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31 5. 19
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