Animal On Road
The GPS gives warnings
If there’s roadwork or a crash
So that drivers use their brakes and
Into other cars don’t smash.
Though there is an alert we get
When traffic’s somehow slowed
And always it intrigues me -
It says “Animal on road.”
I’m hoping for a T-Rex
But I’ll take an elephant,
Yet as soon as we go by,
I see exactly what was meant.
For mostly it’s a critter
Like a possum or a deer
That’s been squished just like a pancake,
As what’s left of it makes clear.
Perhaps it’s just as well, since if
A T-Rex made its mark,
The traffic would be stalled, the gears
Stuck in Jurassic PARK!
Copyright © Ilene Bauer | Year Posted 2023
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