she

lay  as dead did not speak                  nor ask for   fear

lay quiet        did not write nor tell          there    were

new shoes by the wardrobe                        at an angle

still

did not move nor participate in  anyway

did not breathe nor cry                        there are    new

shoes by the wardrobe                                  new shoes

found

guilty                                                             always guilty

there was no charge

there was no trial

there were no photographs

no evidence                                  no one talks of it no more

she no longer breathes

no more