Roadkill Revisited

A poem of mine, Roadkill, which was published in Slippery Elm's 2019 edition, is available in their web archive. 

My golden lovelies, Rose and Ella, make an appearance in this poem. I'll never forget the memory of the poem. When I worked at a closer library branch Rose and Ella would join me on my walk to work sometimes, and I would call the taxi aka Robert whenever they became tired or on the rare mornings when they made it all the way (this was in their old lady years) . Our walks only happened when the taxi was available. We saw lots of strange things on those walks, but the "roadkill" was the strangest. I think we were all on edge as we approached it. And boy did I laugh like a maniac when we finally got a good look at it!

I giggled the entire time I discharged books that morning because of Rose and Ella's reactions to the roadkill as we approached it. When I went to lunch I quickly jotted down the first draft of the poem.

Needless to say, when I told Ella one of my poems about her had been published she just gave a big sigh and went back to sleep.