He watched me in the darkness. He hides in the bushes just enough that I can still see his bushy tail and on occasion he runs in the road in front of me, splashed with the glare of my headlights, almost like he wants me to see him. I've seen him three times in the last week or so and I wonder if anyone else notices or even cares. Am I so self absorbed to think he may be interested in me and knows when I'm heading home and this is why he is always watching? I would like to think so but I know better than that. Its a beautiful sight to see this elusive guy in my neighborhood and to think that nature is slowly creeping back into our over- developed lives where every habitat is being slashed and burned, mowed down and built up with another, soon-to-be-vacant, strip mall. I embrace him but sadly I saw my second dead red this morning. Im not sure it's my friend...I can only hope it's not. For now I will continue to believe he watches me in the night when I'm driving through my neighborhood but one can never tell. In the meantime I will try to get a pic of this wonderful creature and maybe just maybe people will notice him too.
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