Animal on Road

The GPS gives warnings 

If there’s roadwork or a crash

So that drivers use their brakes and

Into other cars don’t smash.

Though there is an alert we get

When traffic’s somehow slowed

And always it intrigues me -

It says “Animal on road.”

I’m hoping for a T-Rex 

But I’ll take an elephant,

Yet as soon as we go by,

I see exactly what was meant.

For mostly it’s a critter

Like a possum or a deer

That’s been squished just like a pancake,

As what’s left of it makes clear.

Perhaps it’s just as well, since if

A T-Rex made its mark,

The traffic would be stalled, the gears 

Stuck in Jurassic PARK!