I saw a skunk the other day

Running on the sidewalk

I felt the need to follow it

I wanted to protect it

I live on a busy street

I didn't want it to get hurt

I followed it

It ran down a hill

It was running away from me now

It hid somewhere in the bushes

It was night, and I couldn't see it anymore

I worried about it for the rest of the night

And because I was worried about that skunk

it made me think of all the other skunks that live in the city

all the skunks that live among us

can their spray protect them from everything in the world?

He seemed to know his way around the city