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missing (a found poem)

Selina Moir-Wilson (writer), Vivian Li (graphics)

<p>content warning: child abuse, death, kidnapping, abduction and violence. a pink Barbie book bag buried in a public park lipstick marks on a pimpled face denim pants and a scar on her knee picking peaches from a neighbour’s tree cherries on her left shoulder blade long ponytails in spring clowns in the rear window deep-set […]</p>

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content warning: child abuse, death, kidnapping, abduction and violence.

a pink Barbie book bag buried in a public park
lipstick marks on a pimpled face
denim pants and a scar on her knee
picking peaches from a neighbour’s tree

cherries on her left shoulder blade
long ponytails in spring
clowns in the rear window
deep-set eyes on slot machines

kittens playing in a no-parking zone
dogs abandoned in the rain
a deaf child on surveillance video
strangled to death in a felt hat.

Note on the poem: This is a found poem that uses appropriated text from missing persons profiles on the FBI’s public website. No more than one line is from the same profile.

Published: 26/08/2020 11:47 AM 3395 views