Three Poems
Belinda got addicted to morphine.
Belinda got taken out of the hospital
in cuffs.
Belinda did two years.
Now Belinda drives taxi with us
and does cocaine off the passenger seat.
Belinda’s family won’t talk to her.
Belinda cries a lot
calls people on her cell phone
talks about how she has come down in the world
and how she has it rough
and how nobody loves her.
By Mather Schneider.