Comments on: Expect The Unexpected http://www.michaeltbarrett.com/2009/12/12/expect-the-unexpected-2/ The Personal Blog Of Michael T. Barrett Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:51:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Gail White http://www.michaeltbarrett.com/2009/12/12/expect-the-unexpected-2/comment-page-1/#comment-4085 Gail White Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:49:01 +0000 http://www.michaeltbarrett.com/?p=1280#comment-4085 I love the site, especially the bird pictures. I once wrote a poem about dead armadillos. It went like this: The smart armadillo stays on the side of the road where it was born. The dumb get a sudden urge to explore across the asphalt, and nine times out of ten, collide with a ton of moving metal. They're on my daily route: soft shells of land crustacea, small blind knights in armor. Nobody cares. Green Peace and the Sierra Club aren't interested. There are too damn many amadillos and beauty, like money, is worth more when it's scarce. Just give us time. Let enough of them try to cross the road. When we're down to the last half dozen we'll see them with the eyes of God. I love the site, especially the bird pictures.
I once wrote a poem about dead armadillos. It went like this:

The smart armadillo stays on the side of the road
where it was born. The dumb
get a sudden urge to explore across the asphalt,
and nine times out of ten, collide
with a ton of moving metal.
They’re on my daily route: soft shells of land crustacea,
small blind knights in armor.
Nobody cares. Green Peace and the Sierra Club aren’t interested.
There are too damn many amadillos
and beauty, like money, is worth more when it’s scarce.
Just give us time. Let enough of them try to cross the road.
When we’re down to the last half dozen
we’ll see them with the eyes of God.

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