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May 17, 2025  

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raccoon death

raccoon death

bloated bodies
straddle
center lines and shoulders
on country two-lanes.

night transits
promise grubs, nuts,
worms,
and crayfish
startling backwards
through dark water.

so in the dark angling
across sun-warm asphalt,
they waddle under wheels
and thump down
the road,

ringed tails full
and bushy, even
in death.

U668857 - on May 2 2008
Ah - reminds me of dead badgers on one particular road in Dorset (saw 3 dead in the space of a few miles). This has some fine assonance - almost evokes the critter's snuffle and grunt as they waddle to their death. And it's good you retain a detached objective tone - though that final image of bushy tails has a poignant undertone....BRgds.,Alan.
Norm - on May 2 2008
Thanks, Alan.
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