An Ode to a Raccoon...

Hi

I'm embarrassed to report to the world that I accidentally killed a raccoon today. I don't know if things will ever be the same for me.

There I was driving down the dimly lit narrow roads of Plainfield on my way back home quietly minding my own business when suddenly a raccoon with impeccable timing decides to play chicken with me; only to realize that I wasn't playing back!

To give you an idea of my traumatic experience, the sound I heard was a loud and heart-breaking "CRUNCHITY CRUNCH." I yelled like a little girl, but kept driving because I couldn't believe I was one of those people that ran over raccoons. I finally decided to pull over to check the damage to my car. But like I said I was driving down the dimly lit narrow roads of Plainfield, so I couldn't tell a fricken thing!

After being satisfied that I didn't cause any damage to the c-dub [credit Sami for the name of my car] - at least externally - I was compelled to drive back to the scene of the heinous crime. Soon enough, I came across the 'coon. He lied there lifeless in the middle of the road. Or so I thought.

I looked closer (never leaving my car for fear of an army of 'coons would come to claim vengeance) and saw that it was breathing. Surprisingly, the innocent creature of Allah wasn't bloodied up. After staring for ten minutes arguing with myself as to what I should do, I drove off depressed as to what I just did. :(

Poor guy. He's hopefully been able to muster up enough strength to crawl back to the side of the road to safety where his children eagerly await him. His wife is probably out there running through all the cornfields of Plainfield in desperate search for her...

Okay, I'm being dramatic now. But I believe that this is the only way I can cope with this. I feel bad. I said "inna illahi wa inna ilahi rajioon." I think that's enough, right, inshaAllah? And writing an ode to him. I mean, that's pretty big, too, right?

Well, here's some info on raccoons. Apparently, even if I wanted to nurse him back to health, I couldn't. Something about rabies...

Fi aman Allah