Driving home one moonless night
On a country road the only light
is from the headlights of my car
beams of light that reaches far
Around the bend two frozen eyes
Taken by complete surprise
A possum versus a ton of steel!
Thump, thump! now he's under the wheel
The possums heart ceases to beat
To a bird of pray he's just fresh meat
That night another possum yields
But for him i had to cross two fields!
For these creatures of the night
Its a shame they have such poor eyesight!
The light must hypnotise their brain
Either that, or they are insane!
I enjoyed reading this poem, it brought a smile to my face. No possum in SAfrica, we have small antelope to contend with. Bob
So true and wonderful to readl! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Sadly I trap them!
Poor possum! We have two possums go crashing over our roof every night up to no good I would say. In Australia kangaroos are mesmerized my head lights and they put huge dents in cars. Well written with a great ending! love Karin
For several million years, in fact for the entire time possums were becoming possums, the only bright light at night was the moon. Instinct takes a long time to learn new tricks. Of course this doesn't explain why a possum would stare at the moon, but then again it may explain why we humans stare at tv's.
Sad narrative as far as the possum went Bob - - but told, as your readers have already said, with style and humour..... loved your last line too! ! you are in good form with your wit Bob.... now I must go write one about the slugs which keep getting run over around here.... uuugh maybe not though! ! 10 + ++ Fay.
Hi Bob. I've often seen rabbits act just the same when caught in the headlights they just freeze and hope for the best. Good read well done Regards Dave T
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
But for him i had to cross two fields! i really enjoyed this line...you said it right, Bob..i have always noticed frogs jump towards light...words humorous easy going...10