The nature of human beings

On the final morning of 2021, the automobile I used to be following slowed and veered into the left lane. No signal of a walker, a runner, a bicyclist or any of the standard suspects. No, a crow was having breakfast, having fun with succulent squirrel stays. And as a result of of that driver and my following his instance, the crow didn’t need to fly away. He merely hopped just a few steps and returned to his meal as quickly as we handed.

About an hour later, on my return journey, I famous a crow in the identical place with the identical morsel now throughout the street from me. Perhaps it was the identical crow, maybe a unique one. They are exhausting to inform aside. A big pickup truck was barreling in the wrong way. I watched in my mirror and noticed no proof of brake lights as the motive force went out of his method to steer towards the feeding crow. What was going by his thoughts? In hotter climate is he one who takes pleasure in crushing turtles? Human beings are succesful of mindless acts of petty cruelty.

William Politt

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