Wind-up Toy

[Torkelburger]

Thanks for the editing, dukealien!!! Much appreciated!

Wind-up Toy (version 2)

a squirrel’s mangled body lay in the road
run over by a car
for a few moments, its tail flailed wildly like a wind-up toy
sporadically slowed down
until it stopped completely
the instant of death must have been more dreadfully agonizing
and horrible than torture
death was a blessing
a liberation
how abhorrent would it have been if it had been
unable to die?
is death so horrendous?
if only men could die with such content…