This Poem was Submitted By: Jason S. Moore On Date: 2000-12-19 14:21:29 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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Foul Encounters

God's Name in vain. Death along the back-streets.  A foul stench reaches my senses. Black and white bloodstained coat In the middle of the road. I swerve just enough to miss it - Then roll up the window. Stop sign ahead. I just slow down, glance right then left And roll on through. Blue lights flashing in the rear-view mirror. God’s Name in vain. Again I slow down - pulling over  To the side of the road. A pig with sunglasses Steps from his vehicle. Glaze from a donut hangs on his dark mustache. Rolling down the window - yet another foul odor - Not the swine standing over me Asking for my driver’s license But another crushed polecat Ahead in the road. God's Name in vain. Mating season for the skunk.

Copyright © December 2000 Jason S. Moore

Additional Notes:
I think most of you can relate to the time of year when skunks are dead everywhere in the road because it is mating season. I don't usually write free verse but this on is just for fun.


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