A New Highway

A cat dashed the expanse of a new highway with speed without a pause, struck down by a speeding coach smashed and flattened his form crushed . Vehicles rolling,one after another over the corpse his remains began to leave, erased all traces of the brief life, dissolved like a forgotten dream.

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Panagiota Romios

Date: 1/12/2025 9:49:00 PM

This is magical and a Fav. No wonder you’re talking about because sadly I have seen it. Bathroom is quite real perhaps people forgot here October 7, 2003. It’s just a little reminder.. Cats to run out right into traffic. I don’t blame the cat. I blame all the people who won’t take a cat in as a pet or a dog.. well if we don’t take the animals in, they will get smashed. And I think you got bad point across loud and clear.. It’s not meant to be funny or humorous. Pangie and

Gershon Wolf

Date: 12/24/2024 7:39:00 PM

It was getting a little 'dicey' there, and then you rescued it so sweetly. ~ Me-ow

Akham Nilabirdhwaja Singh
Date: 1/10/2025 5:26:00 AM

Thank uou

Janice Canerdy

Date: 12/23/2024 6:16:00 AM

Many times I have seen this same sad scene. Your poem reminds me that our, humans', lives are also so brief. Janice

Akham Nilabirdhwaja Singh
Date: 1/10/2025 5:25:00 AM

Thank you

Sara Kendrick

Date: 12/23/2024 3:08:00 AM

It is sad to see any animal killed in or beside a road even a vulture. Thanks for sharing this one with us. Sara K

Panagiota Romios
Date: 1/12/2025 10:06:00 PM

Animals you know do not have to live by 10 Commandments at all whether in the air or on the ground or under the sea.. It’s people like you and I and everybody else here who God gave the Commandments to. Even bugs destroy one another they don’t have a 10 Commandments do they?. But human beings as you know you read the news I know it you know how vicious we are to one another we can even do it on this site. And nobody will correct us. Pangie

Akham Nilabirdhwaja Singh
Date: 1/10/2025 5:25:00 AM

Thank you