Jesus Kachrist

              had to be BLIND not to see it coming

walking over to Circle K had he seen the opossum at the bent chainlinked fence tilting above the ruined earth crushed shrubs smashed concrete walk hed have chased it back up into the construction site they were winding down it was nearly Four

but he hadnt

he had his nose in Krazy Kat as he walked

despite it being late

                     newspapers werent distributed meaningfully  Circle K refused to carry The San Francisco Chronicle which left him to the clutches of the Los Angeles Times

                                                          he bet himself a copy would remain for him to buy

two were left

he wanted the headline 

                           AFGHANISTAN FALLS TO THE TALIBAN

it would be the bookend to the framed front page he had at home SOUTH VIETS SURRENDER

stupid stupid stupid USA

as he walkedread home he saw the opossum smashed on the road

poor poor poor animal

                       it hadnt the foreknowledge or forethought like the United States that the road was a parking shoulder two lanes of traffic a turning land two lanes of traffic a parking shoulder

Inevitable

Afghanistan and the Opossum

Lost causes before they began

   had to be blind not to see

before Four,  Monday,  16  8. 21

The American Breed  (Neocon hubris)  Bend Me, Shape Me  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSHo146tQjQ