A green light, <br />A Saturday morning, <br />A bouncing ball, <br />A tired driver yawning. <br /> <br />A sleepy neighbourhood, <br />An empty street, <br />A wandering red ball, <br />A child's stumbling feet. <br /> <br />A long night at the office, <br />A long wait 'til sleep, <br />A long foot on the brake, <br />A long resounding beeeee-eeeee-eeeeeeeeep. <br /> <br />A child lying on the street, <br />A shoe on the walkway rust, <br />A man too afraid to look back <br />And a rising trail of dust.<br /><br />K. Jared Hosein<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/death-an-unfortunate-thing/