and there it was again

i was walking to the tech center this morning, just like i do every morning. today i remembered a sight i saw one day when walking the usual route: a dead bird carcase, over in the trees. crow, it looked like. (there are crows everywhere at Green River. they're loud, and they like to eat the overflowing garbage from the dumpsters.) at first i didn't really believe what i was seeing, but sure enough, it was a dead bird. one wing was sticking up at an odd angle, feathers missing, bone showing. i was pretty sure that there are ants and bugs crawling all over it, but i didn't want to get close enough to verify that. i chuckled to myself--how long had it been there? how long will it be until someone else notices it? how did it die? i don't think anyone knows.

so, today, as this memory popped into my mind, i checked to see if someone had come along and taken care of it. nope, still there. disgusting. fascinating.