Too Close to the Road
I dont know how many pets we lost
To the rural route
Too many
We lived close to the road
I remember when a sweet momma cat
Got hit by a car
Her back-end flattened
I had been shooting baskets
By myself, in our driveway
I saw it all –
Somehow, Momma Cat
Made it to a creek bank
And howled –
Giving voice to her pain
I dropped the basketball
Ran to retrieve my father
And begged him to end her misery
He dropped all he was doing
(And he was a busy man)
And was swift in his administration of mercy
I admired him for that
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Wow love this rendering – all rural route girls know this, the administration of quick death to the little things by some hero.
Yes, and thank you!