THIS IS AN ODE
AN EPITAPH
A MEMORIAL
TO A YOUNG GIRL
A SEEDLING
NEWLY SPROUTED
THROWN AWAY
WHEN NOVELTY CEASED
WHEN LIFE STARTED TO CHAFF
THROWN AWAY LIKE SO MUCH LITTER
NO LONGER NEEDED
WANTED
A MONUMENT TO OUR SOCIETY
WHERE THE NEEDS OF OTHERS
ARE IGNORED
WHEN THEY IMPACT THEIR LIVES
ESPECIALLY THOSE
WHO CONSTANTLY PRATE
ABOUT FAMILY VALUES
WHILE CUTTING SCHOOLS
JOBS
HEALTH CARE FOR THE POOR
BETTER PERHAPS
TO BE THROWN AWAY AT BIRTH
THAN TO BE CONDEMNED
TO A LIFE OF ECONOMIC SLAVERY
SO THAT THE ELITE HAVE MORE
CAYLEE
WILL NEVER KNOW THE WONDER OF YOUTH
THE WONDER OF WOMANHOOD
BUT CAN SHE NOT STAND FOR A MONUMENT
TO SELFISHNESS
THAT PERMEATES OUR SOCIETY
AND LEADS TO DEATH
AMONG THE LIVING
AND THE DEAD
FRANK A VOLLMER
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