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**published in The Shinnery Review 1999, Abilene, TX
**put to music by heavy metal group Lost In It, 1998
little boy,
why do you cry?
doesn’t your Mommy love you?
didn’t she call you
Precious
as she spat
in your face?
little girl,
why do you cry?
doesn’t your Daddy love you?
didn’t he caress your
sweet soft hair
as he called you
Tramp?
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