THE LAST POSSUM DROP
The shriek of a marsupial
is painfully, piercingly loud
amidst countdown cheers,
Gospel music and fireworks
as it’s dropped from the top
of a roof in “Cracker”—
land county, North Carolina
to celebrate New Year’s Eve.
The animal plays possum
to no avail—it’s smashed
to un-Godly smithereens.
No longer very good eats
for Jimmy Carter and Red Fox.
Can PETA lawsuits ever end
barbaric cruelty to animals?