Bob Gibson - A possum's tale

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!

Bob Gibson

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