Once there was
a little red squirrel
so sweet and innocent
full of life and then
it was hit
by a truck on the street.

There was not much blood
nor meat or bones
when the truck drove away
and the eyes
of the little red squirrel
just became blunt.

It was a bright sunny morning
the flies were buzzing
when the truck drove away
and the eyes
of the little red squirrel
just became blunt.

And then a young boy
on his way to school
passed along the street
with his eyes so blunt
and just then he saw
the little red squirrel
dead on the street.

He just began digging
a hole on the side
of the street
and buried lil’ squirrel
with a cross
next to his feet.

He didn’t bother
to come late to school
nor did he tell one
what made him a fool.

But from then on
his eyes
were shiny
and bright.