Road Kill

I saw a coyote, on the side of the road, Dead to the world around. The life he once had, had already flowed, He was just a carcass on the ground. His eyes stared out and seemed to say, I was just crossing the street. Then everything just faded away, I didn't even feel the hit. I dragged him off into the brush, Where he could lie in peace. And there he lay completely crushed, A wild animal now at ease. I laid some sagebrush over him, And topped it off with stones. The light was getting very dim, As I finnished covering up his bones. 10/19/10 Alton Texas