Crimes And Misdemeanors Poem by anais vionet

My roommates and I congregated in our suite's great room and we'll head out for dinner soon.

'Have you ever eaten dog food? ' Leong asked Anna.
'No, ' Anna answered, 'it smells like chicken - it's got chicken in it'
'OOO! ' Leong pounces, 'Busted! '
'What? ' Anna reacts.  
'How would you know that then? ' Leong asks, doubtfully.
'My mom told me! ' Anna cries, in self defense. 'She's a vegetarian too.'
'Your mom told you.' Leong said, like a prosecutor raising an eyebrow for the jury.

'I just took my last English class, ' I report, pony-tailing my hair, 'my teacher told me - privately - that my writing destroys.'
'Nice, ' Lisa says.
'Yeah, ' I say, smiling and grooming with pride, 'I thought that was a ballin' complement and I've been riding that high.'
'No doubt, ' Anna says and nods.
'My English professor..' Leong says, exasperated, 'is driving me crazy, ' I've written three final papers so far and she's rejected them ALL.'
'Huh? ' I gasp, 'Show me one! ' I demand, wiggling gimmie-fingers at her laptop.

'Here's a question, ' Lisa asks the room, 'What would you change about your childhood? '
'I would have never grown up.' Sophy said.
'When I was in third grade, in the UK, a girl in my elementary school, was murdered, ' I reveal.
'What? ! ' Anna says.
'Oh, my GOD! ' Lisa gasps.
'Spill' Leong demands.
'Her name was Kennedy, ' I begin, 'She was in another class, I didn't know her but I started to imagine that I'd known her. I'd think of her playing on the swings in a yellow dress, in daydreams and in nightmares."
'I can see that, ' Leong said.
'I was flummoxed, at the time, how a family could lose a little girl and a president.' I added.
Anna looked confused.
'I was in third grade, ' I replied, ' what did I know? "
'Go ON, ' Lisa prompts.
'We heard that she was walking home and got snatched, ' I continued.
'Jesus, ' Lisa said, shaking her head.
'Although I never walked home, I was careful not to be snatched for a while, ' I summarized.
'I bet, ' Anna agreed.
'That's what I'd change, ' I said, 'Poor Kennedy.'
'People suck, ' Lisa pronounced, and there was general agreement to that.