Parking
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There's a dead crow on my street where I park my car,
So I parked my car a few feet away.
This got me thinking:
How long will the crow carcass remain there?
Will someone clear it? Who?
When can I park my car in its usual place?
What happens to dead crows in this city?
Do they burn them or bury them?
Or do they just let them rot?
And what of the street dogs and cats?
And bandicoots and cows and buffaloes?
Do they have a squad that does the dirty work?
And what of all those men and women
Who have nowhere to die, no one to bury;
Who will put them away in a safe place
So that I can peacefully park my car?
So I parked my car a few feet away.
This got me thinking:
How long will the crow carcass remain there?
Will someone clear it? Who?
When can I park my car in its usual place?
What happens to dead crows in this city?
Do they burn them or bury them?
Or do they just let them rot?
And what of the street dogs and cats?
And bandicoots and cows and buffaloes?
Do they have a squad that does the dirty work?
And what of all those men and women
Who have nowhere to die, no one to bury;
Who will put them away in a safe place
So that I can peacefully park my car?
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7 replies:
Don't know about the larger animals but the crows and bandicoots are eaten up by scanvenging animals. What biology books won't teach, a lazy municipal corporation will
"Who will put them away in a safe place
So that I can peacefully park my car?"
Great stuff.
@Poorna
THe crow has disappeared now!
@Sharan
Thanks.
The flies, worms and bacteria did their magic
http://buttercupfestival.com/2-56.htm
Great stuff as Sharan said.
Particularly like the last few lines:
And what of all those men and women
Who have nowhere to die, no one to bury;
Who will put them away in a safe place
So that I can peacefully park my car?
I think about them too and if I will be one of them, although I have no car that needs to be parked :). Maya
Anon: :) Thanks, whoever you are. Lovely.
Maya: this poem was exactly the way my thoughts progressed as I walked from the car to my house.
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