I turned right to the back of the lastest issue of Teen Ink to the poetry section, my favourite part of the magazine.  I'm drawn to the shorter poems, and this time one called "Please Disregard" caught my attention.  It's a wonderfully passive-agressive piece in the point-of-view of roadkill that tells the reader to try not to be bothered that pesky bump in the road.  This poem is great because of this apparent irony, as well as the message it sends.

     The narrator speaks almost apologetically, as if he is not the victim in the situation--as if inconveniencing the driver is more of a crime than killing is.  He tells the reader to keep on going because that's what usually happens, anyway. He's numb to it (literally, I guess). The incident is not a problem.  This sort of tone really speaks to me;  I'm attracted to such sarcasm.  I find it interesting how anger and frustration can be expressed so obscurely.