a young blackanwhite cat was
feeding turkey vultures along the roadside
ya got it right it was dead
he could have written it
differentlybut thats how he perceived it
the ceaseless unperturbed
slaughter was tipping him
he found himself imagining ways
to create equality between beasts and inhumans
they were all earthlings but
inhumans valued themselves second to none above all other earthlings
they enjoyed a terrifying
oblivion obsession
a horrifying self entitlement
his breath caught in his throathe
shook his head again as he had so many times before
and he crossed the street frightening the
vultures off it though that was not his intent
he bought deeply into lifes circle
the kill wasnt old
the young cats body was supple rigor
mortis had not set in
eyed by the soaring vultures he
picked it up gently and moved it well up onto the sparse brown grass an
graveled shoulder
he set it down gently
no sooner had he crossed road again
and walked a short distance the vultures descended and fed
what occurred to him as he walkedwhat
delicious accountability climbed into his skull to equalise the cats murder That was accidental Its not accidental when youre oblivious
he saw clear-as-day that electronic technically-savvy
automobiles could self-destruct when they determine they have been an accessory
to the killing of a flesh-and-blood animal
itd be standard built into every vehicle like the inane
reversing cameras because people cant bother to turn
their heads and look and see
no amount of money can disable it
aint no senators son aint
no fortunate one Byebye Betty buhbye
the only money that will affect
it is more money to assure and affirm an instantaneous lights-out death which would
thereby also affirm and confer to their victim an instantaneous death not the twisting agonising death that hed seen
happen too many times and stopped doubledback and put the animal out of its
misery with a Marine tool bar knife he kept in his glovebox unfortunately
expressly for that purpose
better he had the knife than the
brick he wanted to carry to hurl through offending windshields
there were laws that protected
people
few protected animals
BAH
BOOM
he
really liked his idea
Sunday
afternoon, 31 12. 17
1337, Monday,
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