NaPoWriMo 2014 - day 25 - Maren Sanchez. Maren Sanchez. Maren Sanchez.

Maren Sanchez said no
Maren Sanchez was sixteen years old and her no should have been enough
But no
Maren Sanchez refused to go to the junior prom tonight with a sixteen year old boy
And he stabbed her
And then she died
Maren Sanchez of Jonathan Law High School in Milford, Connecticut

Doesn't that story sound simple
Boy asks girl to junior prom
Girl says no
Boy stabs girl
Girl dies in hospital from stab injuries

Don't short sentences sound horrific
Shouldn't stories about boys stabbing girls at school for saying no
Be longer
Shouldn't her name be mentioned more
Shouldn't her name wake us up at night
Are there rules to journalism that refuse names of stabbed girls
Mentioned over and over and over

O the luxury of being a poet
O the burden of being a poet
Maren Sanchez
Maren Sanchez
Maren Sanchez

Maren Sanchez will not dance tonight
The junior prom was cancelled tonight
Maren Sanchez will not dance next year
Maren Sanchez
Maren Sanchez
Maren Sanchez

Maren Sanchez said no and she died
I hate to think what would have happened
If Maren Sanchez said
Yes