Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

Thoughts of a Bobcat

What if a two-hundred-pound bobcat would
jump into my red Lincoln this morning?
I was thinking about this as I left my driveway.
What if she got stuck in the passenger window
because my window was up almost to the top?

Would I unroll the window, hoping she would roll out onto the pavement, probably killing her?
Or would I keep driving, hoping she might wrestle her head
out herself and survive?

I pondered this for ten minutes before I reached the I-70 freeway.
Seeing myself being mauled and eaten to death
by an angry bobcat mama
After I tried to do the right thing and released her.
I am fully angry with her now, determined not to save her.

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Kim Rodrigues November 11, 2021 at 2:19 PM Years ago I jumped out of my car to return a dvd to blockbuster. I left the door open and in jumped a bobcat..well, no…it was a baby doberman…but still yikes! It could have been LOL! Caren Krutsinger November 11, 2021 at 10:25 PM A Doberman scares me too

L Milton Hankins November 11, 2021 at 8:19 AM Oh, Caren, just lower the window enough for her to pull her head back out and bang her on the nose with a book. She'll back out. But, who am I to give advice on this, since I've never had a bobcat try to get into my car! Caren Krutsinger November 11, 2021 at 9:54 AM I saw it clearly in my minds eye as I left my driveway.

Sara Kendrick November 11, 2021 at 4:12 AM What a wild imagination you have. You definitely don't want to mess with a momma so leave the window up and let her fall off as you drive down the freeway.I did get a chuckle this morning and of course laughter is the best medicine. Here in our state one day a man and woman were either unloading groceries or packing to go somewhere and this bobcat came out from nowhere and jumped on the woman's back. I would not have wanted to be her. Her husband got the cat off and they ran to safety. Sara Caren Krutsinger November 11, 2021 at 9:55 AM Oh my! You know big cats jump on your back to break it so they can begin to feed without worries, and they usually start feeding from the back of your head. She was very lucky!