Barry Morris,
Associate Professor of Speech Communication, Pace University
1 Pace Plaza
New York, NY 10038
THROUGH WHATEVER UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCE, THE RANDOM CREATURE LIES DEAD ON THE HIGHWAY. INSECTS AND WORMS OF MANY DIFFERENT VARIETIES, YET WITH A COMMON INTEREST IN SURVIVAL, GATHER TO MAKE BENEFIT OF THE MISFORTUNE OF ANOTHER. THEY BEAR NO GRUDGE AGAINST THE OTHER, THEY JUST SEEK WHAT THEY THINK THEY NEED.
BEFORE LONG, THE JAYS WILL DESCEND TO FEAST ON THE GATHERED MOSAIC OF WORMS AND INSECTS. THEY WILL EAT TO THEIR HEARTS' CONTENT; THERE WILL SEEM NO END TO THEIR GLUTTONY. STILL AT SOME POINT THEY WILL SATIATE THEMSELVES AND THE REMAINING PARASITES--FOR THEY FAR OUTNUMBER THE BIRDS--WILL GO ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS, BARELY IF AT ALL COGNIZANT OF THE FATES OF THEIR BRETHREN.
THEY WILL LABOR FOR HOURS...MAYBE DAYS, BUT WHEN THEY ARE DONE, THE CORPSE WILL BE GONE AND THE ROAD WILL BE CLEAN.
FOR THAT IS THE WAY OF DEMOCRACY!