Poem #2,833 | I struck a heavy badger

I struck a heavy badger out
on a haunted back road –
a
lollop & dash of grey streak
& dark underbelly
[a thump
on my bumper –
high beam
lit] –
It was before that dip &
turn down ’round that ghost
story house –
As if dashing
makes crossing roads safe
for any beast –
Hopefully a
winding & a bounce –
I did
not stop to look –
too many
slaps by that route before –
it was out from a backyard
I knew –
the owner a weird
piece of work I was related
to –
a mephitic poddy sow