Death Unaware Poem by Kingsley Egbukole

The Agama lizard sights a grasshopper at noon
Across the tarmac basking in the sun
It hungers to cross to have a meal
Left and right it quickly turns its head
To detect any lurking danger nearby
Unaware of the fast approaching car

It took a burst of a dash to cross
The front left tyre spared the poor creature
But the rear right tyre crushed the head
As it was about to shout hurray!
The driver sped away unknowingly
While the lizard's tail continued to twitch in death.

(Friday,22/9/2023,11.13am)