Everybody Loved SallyA Poem by Iotaraised by both parents and an older brotherSally was born April 30, 1970, in Trenton, NJ raised by both parents and an older brother at the age of seven she tried reefer and cigarettes an “A” student, cheerleader and class president voted most popular, and homecoming queen her graduation day she sucked down Jack Daniels when she was sober she was calm and directed while under the influence she was uninhibited she went to college on a full scholarship her freshmen year she decided to drop acid the same night she lost her virginity to six men that morning she didn’t remember anyone's names she thought by pledging a sorority it would erase her ever growing reputation of being a college s**t by her sophomore year she had her third abortion her junior year she quit college and returned to NJ she got her first job working the drive thru at McDonalds later on she was diagnosed with depression started popping pills from her lifelong family doctor summer
of 92 she tried crack cocaine and loved it she went
bankrupt in 93, car repossessed and homeless turned her
first trick three months later in a dark ally vanished for six months after that Sally Robinson, 24 years old, Trenton, NJ died at 1:15 am from a single gunshot to the head her first boyfriend asked her father why? he blamed them and her friends for not being there for her he called her a true victim of society the father in turn replied Sally was a victim of her own doings because she never fully could grasp the true meaning of cause and effect © 2010 Iota
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