(The parents slammed him against the wall)
When they didn’t listen
(Beat him upside the head)
When they didn’t answer
(Locked him in a room without supper)
When they went to work all day and night
(Put a shotgun in his hand)
When they didn’t pay attention
And finally, never asking what he needed
(Laid the wreath upon his grave) .
(Previously published in No Alibi Press, Feb.2002)
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem