Roadkill

And even nearly two decades

into the 21. century now

24 hours a day a sun rises continuously to this:

Torn open and utterly broken

dislocated limbs, ripped skin

run over by the brute force of ancient oil

fuel for heavy machinery of multiplied power

steered by soft and relaxed humans

vulnerable bodies, air-bagged all around!

What can you do

it just is

Fox and hedge-hog

red dear and hawk

peregrine pigeon and slug

mourning the dead...

The obscenity though lies not in the fact

the infamy, the brutal disgrace

it follows after

Already broken, dead and destroyed

defeated and lifeless

Raven and ferret

Field mouse and golden eagle

are overridden again and again and again

flattened carcasses, demolished to dust

careless

til a crying sky washes them off the road

the great humiliation of our fellow beings!