After what seems like
Milepost intervals of
Possum
Porcupine
A back broken snake still rolling
Crow mixed with rabbit
Somebody’s cat
A stag one antler snapped,
Head twisting back, pink guts
Fly sucked and blackening.
Cars slow up,
Windows roll down,
Mouths hang open.
And just a minute
Further on
Is a skunk
By the sagebrush,
Flattened but potent
Split scent bag spilling wide.
Kevin Patrick McCann
Photo Nick Victor
From Still Pondering https://www.amazon.co.uk/Still-Pondering-Kevin-Patrick-McCann/dp