sweet Loretta

born on
the wrong side
of town, among
the trailers

had fun the only
way she could

getting it from boys
and men
(it didn’t matter)
in the back seats
of cars, the booze
and the stars
pouring down

her mother waiting
for her back home
to scream at her

she’d stagger
home when the
stars were drunk
and sleepy

telling stories
‘bout sweet Loretta.
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snow bunny

14 foster homes in 17 years

she hopped a Greyhound
to get away
from the last one

in the city
she met a black pimp
who pretended to be her friend
and put her to work

black pimps call white girls
“snow bunnies”

but she didn’t wanna do it
tried to leave
so he beat her
raped her, killed her

the pimp’s doing life

and dammit, she was only a kid.