Roadkill

 
Silent screams on the asphalt,
life that stops in the blink of an eye.
A feathered dream falls,
a hairy hope falls,
lost in the blur of the floor.

The road, cold and indifferent judge,
echoes in so much absence
with legs and wings,
that once vibrated
in the sweet embrace of nature.

The pain remains
in tire tracks,
a testimony to the fleeting life
and the cruel intersections
of human haste
and wild innocence.

Flattened fur and bunny ear,
A weary grin now here appears,
Crushed little bones where tyres tread,
I guess it’s Bugs—yes, Bunny’s dead.

A brutal scene laced across its face,
Left for crows’ pickings, no shame, no grace,
Eyes peeled wide, a little like balloons,
A sudden death with instant doom.

A hooter honks to warn the hare,
Still he crossed; he seemed to dare,
We hope his end was quick and swift,
Paws skyward, soul adrift.
He met the tyre, body split in two—
What’s a driver meant to do?

Now fur and whiskers grace the road,
A life’s small spark in flattened mode,
A cartoon ending, some might jest,
But even the wild needs time to rest.

So here he lies, our Bugs laid flat,
A grim reminder, the bunny splat.
I guess that's just the end of that ....

As I passed by where her body lay, a silent prayer I shared,
Who felt the ripple of her death on this morning's gentle air?

Were there fawns yet to be mothered, lives she’ll leave untouched?
What dreams lived within her, now forever crushed?

Would she have chosen differently if choice were hers to make?
A noble end by hunter's bow, a fate she'd gladly take?

Or did she dream of tender love, a young buck's bounding lust.
in her final breath today, she began her path toward dust.

All your guts spill out
Scattered across the ground
A defenseless little animal
I'm a ravenous gore hound
C'mon PETA try & stop me
Go help your little friend
Too pure and innocent
Can this be the end?

Just a cat in the road
With blood in my eyes
Should’ve stayed in a garbage pail
This ally cat trash now has died
On the hunt for some food
Just trying to survive
Car sped, turned to red
I have no remorse for someone's life

Traveling late at night
Lost and distracted by a large bright light
Big rubber tires over your head
Velocity and speed you will be dead
Broken bones and scared eyes
Choking on blood, used up all 9 lives
People come out and start to fright
Lying on the street for the end of this felines life
A harsh and cold world
Surrounded by death
Massacred by some lunatic
Shrugged off like an accident
Let down by humanity
Their efforts were useless
Another pest put to rest
Behind the wheel, I'm ruthless

Splattered Remains!

 
We drive by the carrion, but yet we carry on
At high speeds like it’s just another thing to see
As the hardcore gore is spread out on the floor
The road is full of life, death and auto cacophony
 
But in that split second in my two-ton weapon
I look at the entrails with morbid curiosity
Like some kind of spell expecting that smell
Of death and decay splayed out for all to see
 
Now that I think of it I never gave much thought to it
That living thing died suddenly without words
And the body lays in blitz for days on end until it’s…
Picked up by road service or it’s food for the birds
 
I never thought roadkill would create a poetic spill
Pondering on the life of an animal that used to be
It’s sort of crazy and nuts to be spilling my guts
For expressing myself on that morbid curiosity

Its time for our family vacation
A chance for peace and relaxation  
So we packed up and left our abode
Heading down the local country road
 
Our white suv is the transportation  
We will use to get to our destination
Across the state is where we're headed
Family time is fun but driving is dreaded
 
Playing games during this road trip  
My wife distracted when the squirrel skipped
Right up under the right rear tire  
My wife screamed, my daughter the crier
 
She pulled over quite visibly shaken
The poor squirrels life was sadly taken
My daughter kept crying more and more
The squirrels in roadkill heaven I assured her
 
My daughter let out the cutest smile
So I turned to my wife and said I'd drive awhile
So I made sure to drive quite cautious  
But what happened next made me nauseous  
 
It was extremely sad and not very funny
Crossing the road a cute little bunny
My daughter again with tears in her eye
I said roadkill heaven my pumpkin pie
 
This stressful driving I lost my nerve  
A deer ran out so I had to swerve
We almost added to our roadkill tally
But thankfully we missed the deers finale
 
Now on the highway driving for hours
But an unfortunate event our trip it sours
Passing through a green lighted intersection
I was t-boned and added to the roadkill collection
 
My daughter got out with more tears in her eyes
What she said to her mom was such a surprise
Mommy, daddy apparently didn't learn his lesson
But it will be OK because he's in roadkill heaven

A ride to salvation so rudely disrupted
I'm looking for revenge on the road
I just got laid off and I'm ready to blow away
The blood lust ready to go
I can’t make the light till this asshole takes flight
My stabbing hand is yearning to fight
To beat you to shit you slow fucking prick
Leave you bleeding and stranded to die

Road Fucking Kills
Splattered around
Road Fucking Kills
And watch you die

I rev up the shift, I’m right on your six
Move over pedestrian scum
Collateral damage is all that they are
I'm not sorry I splattered your kid
Ramp up the speed of your plastic heap of shit
But I will just run you straight through
Into the ditch goes the slow and small bitch
Who got fucked by the art of revenge

Who gives a fuck when you’re shit out of luck?
Not me, I’m bringing you down
I live for the fact that you can’t walk away
This makes me smile
Towering over the crumbling mess
Of bones and guts from a pest
Rip up in two while I drink without care
Your blood is like nectar to me
And now I shall piss on your corpse!!!

I find roadkill strangely beautiful.
It feels almost rude,
like something I should keep secret.

How could I find something so
aggressive and brutal,
so calming?

Maybe it's something in their eyes.
A soul,
finally at rest.

And I hope they died fast.
And I hope they lived well.
And I envy them for finally being able to rest.

A blameless death.
Accidental.
Peace at last.

hello little kitty what did you do?
poor little thing lost, natural selection made a cut
not bright enough to avoid the road
it makes me so sad and I get angry

little bird fly high avoid the risk
why do you play chicken with moving cars, don't you know the danger?
with a splay of feathers on my windshield you made me feel horrible
killing one of nature's finest
I stopped to find you on the road, unrecognizable

tiny dog what are you doing
chasing cars it will be your undoing
ran over, you lay dead in the street
my heart broken you thought life was a game

innocence, I wonder what happens to an animal whose life is cut short
are you reincarnated and given another shot?

animals of the forest please heed my warning
stay off the roads
one day when I was little one you was hit my dad's car
you lay on the street my soul's heart sank
a buck my dad took if for a trophy
gentle deers please avoid humans

mother chicken what is wrong with you
leading your chicks to peck out front on the highway
the big rigs will kill your whole cluck
come on little ones you mom is dumb

there's a killer on the road to quote Jim Morrison
avoid him at all cost
it's nautre's reckoning