While walking, I look up, around, behind me and ahead of me but it is important, in order for me to stay upright, to spend a lot of time looking down. Gravel roads in Dallas County just aren't all that smooth and level. I need to know what might trip me up.
This is what I know from looking down.
Sometimes on the road I see a pile of feathers. Some sort of kill occurred. Two animals struggled and one lost and was hailed off. Only the feathers remain. Feathers aren't edible.
I see small dark spots and before I can clearly make out what the black spots are Patience and Violet have recognized them as dead moles. We see dead toads and snakes but a mole is the treasure. One of their favorite prizes to fight over. I see large dark spots by the side of the road and my dogs and I recognize the large ones as horse droppings. I pull my dogs away.
I also do my civic duty by looking down. Every imaginable thing made of metal is found on a gravel road. It's a wonder anyone driving out there has air in their tires. Every bolt, nut, nail, screw, hinge, and indescribable piece of metal I pick up and throw far from the road. I'm hoping that karma will keep me from getting flats.
But all in all, I prefer looking up.
This is what I know from looking down.
Sometimes on the road I see a pile of feathers. Some sort of kill occurred. Two animals struggled and one lost and was hailed off. Only the feathers remain. Feathers aren't edible.
I see small dark spots and before I can clearly make out what the black spots are Patience and Violet have recognized them as dead moles. We see dead toads and snakes but a mole is the treasure. One of their favorite prizes to fight over. I see large dark spots by the side of the road and my dogs and I recognize the large ones as horse droppings. I pull my dogs away.
I also do my civic duty by looking down. Every imaginable thing made of metal is found on a gravel road. It's a wonder anyone driving out there has air in their tires. Every bolt, nut, nail, screw, hinge, and indescribable piece of metal I pick up and throw far from the road. I'm hoping that karma will keep me from getting flats.
But all in all, I prefer looking up.
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