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!