Prom Queen
Beneath hiked taffeta,
blood, tried to deny.

Dismay, shock and
one tiny cry.

Unheard over laughter
and thumping music.

Swaddled and disposed,
in trash piled thick.

A dirty secret kept,
perhaps – maybe.

The prom queen
abandoned her baby.
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