Dark Poetry for Dark People

Tears

Jackie Johnson wants to cry

But Jackie Johnson can’t.

This poor girl has tried it all,

But even anger won’t supplant.

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Nothing makes her sad enough,

There’s not a thing that wets her eyes,

So this poor girl will continue on,

Until she cries and cries and cries.

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She thought she loved her kitty,

But apparently not enough,

For when she bashed his head in,

Her cheeks remained dry and rough.

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Even pain isn’t sufficient,

To make this poor girl wail,

She learned this with her foot,

and a purposeful thrust of a nail.

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But Jackie Johnson won’t give up,

And she will reach her goal within years,

It might take her parents’ murders,

But she will soon shed her tears...