No one takes her seriously

One September morning,

The sun is shining and everybody

Is happy and excited.

Friends and family are out and about

In the restaurants,

Happy and enjoying life to the fullest.

When a poor little girl comes by,

Walking on the side of the pavement,

Crying and hurt.

Raped and stressed.

Hungry and angry.

Tortured and bleeding.

She screams for help.

No one takes her seriously.

They pass and ignore her

Like she doesn’t exist.

She waves her hand, screaming and shouting

For help. But

No one takes her seriously.

They’re chatting and smiling at one another.

She’s in pain and needs help. But still

No one takes her seriously.

When she falls on the pavement, lying flat on her stomach,

She’s dead. Gone.

No one takes her seriously.

You can find Shorty’s work on Amazon. Or at other online retailers.

New stock of paperbacks just arrived in Melville from the printers, available directly from the Melville poet herself – if you can find her in these days of Corona shutdowns – or from me. Pocket-sized A6, or larger A5.

Soon to appear in select Melville bookstores.

Or you can download an electronic copy during the Smashwords Authors Give Back Sale running for the next couple of weeks. 30% off, to encourage people to stay at home and catch up on their reading.

Thanks to everyone who has supported Shorty thus far, in any way whatsoever. If you’ve read her book, or heard her poems, please leave a review on Amazon and/or Goodreads.

Once you’ve read the poems, you can grab a free copy of Dancing in Valhalla, from the 23rd to the 25th of March, at most online retailers except Amazon (different promotional rules apply). Stay home. Read. Flatten the curve.

Till next time. Stay safe.

Cheers.