vultures on the road

you make the familiar countryside trek home

down the hill, through the meadow, and up another hill.

there they are, the scavengers, juxtaposed against

the otherwise bucolic landscape,

feasting on the freshest roadkill cuisine - a skunk.

surely it's not the mildest of meals,

but they carry on.

the menacing birds

turn their foreboding gaze toward you

before they fly away for the time being.

you know they'll be back.

so,

train a sharp eye

and

plan

accordingly.