You’re the boss, Brandice

You may vomit.

This morning, I was driving Aidan to school. Visibility was bad, due to the drizzling rain and my aging eyes, so at first I could not be sure of what I was seeing. I noticed a flat bed pickup truck in front of me, and that it was caring something on the back of it. Then I realized that this thing on the back of this truck had 4 legs. That’s when I realized it was a dead animal. I was a little repulsed by that, but still I tried to get closer because I was curious. I wanted to know what kind of animal it was, and I was also compelled to know what was hanging off of the animal.

This whole time, I thought I was looking at butt of the animal. Then, as my eyes focused, I realized I wasn’t looking at the animal’s butt. I was looking at the animal’s shoulders, and his HEAD was dangling off of his body. It was a horse. A dead horse with no head…well, mostly no head. I told Aidan to close her eyes, and passed the guy as fast as I could.

Then, as I passed this horse hearse, there was ANOTHER truck with TWO dead horses on the back. There were no dangling heads this time. These horses didn’t have any heads. As a matter of fact, they might have been some other animal all together. I don’t know, I am just really grossed out.

At first I thought, maybe they were sick. But why cut their heads off? Then I thought, maybe they couldn’t afford to take car of them, so they killed them. But why not sell them, and why cut their heads off? Then, it occurred to me that they might be taking them to be processed for meat. Now I just wonder where the other to heads are. AND why would they not cover these animals with a tarp or something? Why just leave them uncovered like that? Why? Why? Why?

I think I may be scarred.