(210) Turned Out Poem by Melvina Germain

Mona wasn’t loved as a child,
she was a cast away, left on her own
most of the time. She felt useless,
unhappy most of her adolescent life.
One day she met a young man who
told here how pretty she was. For
the first time Mona felt special and
knew she was in love. He bought
her clothes and pretty things and took
her to picture shows. He taught her
to wear makeup and high heel shoes.
She felt like a beauty Queen. One
evening at a night club party, he
introduced her to some businessmen
and told her it was time for her to
pay him back for all the things he
had done. He told her he loved her
and this was just a gesture of her
love to him. He turned her out
with two disgusting business men.
Night after night, Mona slept with more
men than she could have ever imagined. She
hated herself and felt dirty and worthless.
Wanted to go home, but her boyfriend
Jake gave her drugs to help her through
the nights. Now addicted to crack
cocaine, her life will never be the same.
She lost her youth and self respect what
little she had. One lonely night after a
trick left her in a nasty old motel, she
took an overdose of pills. The next
morning the sirens rang out and her
body was removed from that old motel
room. Her family would probably never
know what had happened. No ID was
found on her body. As for Jake well he
was of course upset, he lost his investment.
Now Jake will be on the prowl for another
Innocent young girl.