By Paul Harhar
The Gazeitgeist
ASH TRICKLE — A wild turkey struck the windshield of a car going west on Highway 30 Wednesday, Ash Trickle Police said.
Four vehicles crashed because of the errant fowl, which was probably hungry and looking for dinner, police said, citing the bird’s tranquil but weathered visage.
It lay motionless on its side, one wing unfurled under its head in the snow. Three distinct splatters of red on white were the only reminders of mortality about its pristine carcass.
A few yards away sat the turkey’s victims, two mangled cars, an SUV and a pickup. Each bore visible anguish from the avian slaughter: crumpled doors, smashed trunks, twisted metal; all fouled up.
Traffic passed slowly, stirring the air. Malaise settled in like a fallout.
ingenious. looking forward to the next one.