Moore, Kelly

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ForcesVolume 2007 Article 155-1-2007Heroine's AutographKelly MooreFollow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.collin.edu/forcesThis Poem is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@Collin. It has been accepted for inclusion in Forces by an authorized editorof DigitalCommons@Collin. For more information, please contact mtomlin@collin.edu.Recommended CitationMoore, Kelly (2007) "Heroine's Autograph," Forces: Vol. 2007 , Article 15.Available at: https://digitalcommons.collin.edu/forces/vol2007/iss1/15•-KELLY MOOREI am a princess who has been shunned by her people.It happened the day the test read "positive."For years \d by their sideProtecting them, saving them.But who will save me now that I'm alone?I am a princess who has been infected.It happened the night I met sweet Ms. Hazel.Man, she sent me on a tripOver the rainbow, through the window.Mom didn't mean "needles" when she said to share.But she was a princess once, too.And she met Al Capone at the crisp age of fifteen.He did her good. Not at all like Ms. Hazel did me.But her people didn't shun her.They simply turned their faces away.My mother was a princess who ruled with Capone.He made her a queen and a mother, the same.So why can't she see?She knows how it feelsTo meet someone so famous and die from the trip.

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