carol reads and drinks coffee... sometimes gets a scone
i admire her
shes a social worker
trying to save kids
like tajanay
i read about tajanay the other day
the pheonix apartments on 38th and keystone
same apt complex gregs friend got stabbed at
in his own apartment
dead
just like tajanay
tajanay was hung on a coat rack by her little t-shirt and pjs
and punched in the stomach by her mothers boyfriend
for wetting her pants
the same day social workers were planning on going before a judge
to get tajanay removed from her home
was the day tajanay was taken to the hospital
and pronounced
dead.
my eyes get wet
and my stomach tightens
as my fingers
no longer know what to do
my heart is heavy
and my throat tightens
when i think of tajanay
and right next to that article in the paper
was an article about plans for a superbowl
to be held in indy
at the new stadium taking all of our tax dollars
i cringe at the chosen ignorance
to the horror that goes on in this city
amongst people that live less than 20 minutes away
i breathe heavy and begin to cry
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007712090434
