A Hand on the Road
The light is red
I stop
I see a tiny leather hand
Driven into the pavement
Is it a casualty of a child’s careless caretaking
Justice for stolen gems and jewels instead of jail
Is this the start to some scary story
Perhaps the unaccounted uniform of an unaware action figure
Maybe a dangerous drug deal ending in disaster
An eye for an eye
The light changes to green
I turn
I see a turtle
Smashed on the road
A life ended
A tragedy
Now I am ashamed at my imagination