A New Game

a poem by Jan Oskar Hansen

Boys in the street playing
a puppy dashed about
a car came along
and the puppy was run over.
The boys cried
the man in the car was sad
gave the boys a shoebox to bury the dog in.
A woman came out of a house
shouted to everybody
no one took notice
the man drove off
and the boys disappeared
they had to find a spade
they had a funeral to arrange in a backyard.