Marianne Did Not Deserve It

• Kathleen Rippon, Grade 7
• Poetry
• 2007

Kicked out of her home and onto the streets
'Twas Marianne, 'twas Marianne
Sniffing glue for a pleasure
'Twas Marianne, 'twas Marianne
Forced to prostitution
'Twas Marianne, 'twas Marianne
Getting HIV
'Twas Marianne, 'twas Marianne
Suffered with a sore lump on her head
'Twas Marianne, 'twas Marianne
Nothing to sleep on but cardboard
'Twas Marianne, 'twas Marianne
Most likely dead
'Tis Marianne, 'tis Marianne
A sad ending for the poem
But poverty is!