Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson

Whenever Emma Thompson Came to school,

We students in the hallways looked at her,

She was right and good, never broke a rule,

Always listening to the orderlies, she never caused a stir.

And she was always studying day after day,

Worrying about her future but not her today,

She was quiet and pure and she kept to herself,

But that didn't stop the children from shoving her into a locker shelf.

And the children told her, don't say a word,

But even she knew, she wouldn't be heard,

And at night, while she cried herself to sleep,

Her mother scolded, "That's no place to weep!".

So on we lived, and no one cared,

Not even the teachers, who all stood still,

As little Emma Thompson, stone-faced and scared,

Swallowed an entire bottle, of Vicodin pills.

Inspired By: "Richard Cory" by: Edwin Arlington Robinson