She lies awake
On the margins of today’s newspaper
Still undead (to the world)
At the age of fifteen.
In block capitals it says,
‘ANOTHER’
Another?
‘ANOTHER VICTIM OF A GROUP SEXUAL ASSAULT’.
Tomorrow it’ll be ANOTHER
Written in another colour,
And yet ANOTHER,
Even after ten years of time
Still ANOTHER;
As long as the loopholes of law and order
Defend the limits of love,
Only to fill newspapers with
Headless figures (never beheaded)
And lines quoted from
‘Defense against limits of love’.
And she will forever, till death
lie awake undead (to the world)
On the margins of
Daily newspapers.
