JANICE SLEEPS
still no stone for Janice
gunned down a day past Christmas
there is a marker by her grave
still no stone for Janice
gunned down a day past Christmas
there is a marker by her grave
but how quickly they forget
a gentle voice is not heard
six months to the day
butterflies and blackberry blossoms
are alive but Janice sleeps
the cruel caliber of steel
has silenced her name
brief notoriety - a day’s fame
the perpetrator’s trial
has been delayed
insanity prevails
in a universe of meteors
and crashing comets
final silence will prevail
a stone that could proclaim
the etching of her name
has not appeared
and Janice sleeps
Note - in September a heart-shaped
rose marble stone was put in place.
Posted by larrykeegan at December 14, 2003 11:03 PM