Motherless children
clasp tangled balloon strings, their
cheeks stained with dried tears.
Faded chalk and flowers smudge
steamy Stewart Avenue.

In Memoriam: Chantell Grant, Andrea Stoudemire of MASK: Mothers Against Senseless Killing.

Erin McDonough

 

Erin McDonough is a writer from Hawthorne, California.

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