An Opossum
Last night near dark I was sitting on my front porch after a long walk, enjoying the still, warm air filled with fireflies and mosquitoes. I saw a huge white opossum, its grayish white hair contrasting pleasantly with the deep emerald of my neighbor's lawn. It moved slowly, showing no sign it was aware of my presence. It waddled to the curb, then saw the headlights of an approaching automobile and ran back from the curb to hide under a bush. Then it ran out of that bush to go back into the shrubs around my neighbor's house, where it disappeared.
We see squirrels, chipmunks, raccoons, mallard ducks and even deer on my street. I don't see opossums very often, but this one was obviously well fed and not feeling threatened by anything. Dog's don't run loose here, and as far as I know people around here aren't in the habit of killing and eating the opossums.
posted by johncgreen@gmail.com @ 9:58 PM
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