Frogs

The thing about frogs and toads crossing roads
is that some end up with their hind legs smushed,
unable to move, but quite alive,
stretching up on front legs,
to look sadly into the morning sun,
rising, getting warmer,
like the asphalt,
and you know it'll be cooking by ten,
so what do you do then,
stomp the toad and get it all over your tennis shoe?
Kick it off the road and let it die there?
Hope another car comes quickly,
or just let it stay and cook?
Oh, sure, you'd take that toad to a vet.
No you wouldn't, and besides,
they don't want a bucket of common frogs and toads
to deal with every morning,
and who would pay, you?  Ha!
Yeah, it's a conundrum, I'll admit,
and the lucky take a direct hit.



(SKJ, 08/15/12)