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Ominous Nighttime Foray

Crow's claws carrion campy carping nsync nocturnal teenage mutant ninja turtles analogous to scuttling (think) browed beastie boys scarab beetle brandishing sharp small scabbard swords delightedly digging daggers deep into deadened prey rotting roadkill repulsively reeking formerly (mere moments ago) once fancy free and footloose happy go lucky creatures perhaps instinctively squirreling away scarce winter rations animals oblivious to danger (i.e. despite matter of fact courteous attentive driver) former obviously caught within headlights (high beams blinding) crosshairs deerly beloved critters natural longevity instantaneously doomed unsightly splayed internal guts displeasure welling up against... me long time licensed vehicular operator (within keystone state – Pennsylvania) loathes unintentionally destroying moosed abominable creature self anointed ingenious species/ genus *****sapiens debonair bipedal hominid eradicates, euthanizes, and extinguishes innocent kickstarting life within blink ousted arbitrary dint of virtue smug simian ruler of realm sowing seeds of her/his destruction, not necessarily strictly, cuz she/he unable to brake, nor swerve away within timely fashion, but brainstorm gifted harnessing collective intelligence concoct weapons of mass destruction in lockstep with environmental exploitation dangle the very survival various and sundry (extensive) precious living things unbeknownst to them will soon become extinct rendering highly radioactive oblate spheroid leaving not mushroom except opportunistic trumpeting donning guise of: parasitic braconidae wasp, fruit flies, cockroaches and et alia yon mummichog, scorpions, and Escherichia coli for jump starting Earth biota.

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