Thursday, September 17, 2015

Shattered Hopes of Youth


I found this guy when I was walking from the office at lunch.  At first, stupidly, I marveled at his willingness to let me get close and snap pictures.  Then I noticed its leg and I winced.  Cars and deer are a bad combination on the best of days...and this very young buck's days were over.

I all but whispered my apologies and called animal control.  They said they would be a while, so I did not wait.  The buck was going to die and was no threat to anyone.  So I left.

In another time and place, I would have celebrated his life and my fortune over a meal. Sadly, we're to civilized in this one respect.

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