III.
Harry Holt’s Little Shop of Horrors
*In memory of the Sueppel children: Ethan (10), Seth (7),
Mira (5), Eleanor (3)
Dried blood cradles four
bruises caress tiny arms, feet
toddler fists scream fear
heads hit blunt force
child torsos tear apart futures
death consumes Iowa home
Harry Holt’s Little Shop of Horrors
sold four babies to white-collar murder
suicide note smells concrete crash
Murdered headlines
rippled global shockwaves
Korean mothers’ eternal empty arms
Harry’s non-apology nauseates
Better Life failed
white savior father murder hands
your lives testify corruption
your deaths forever stain adoption
Harry sleeps in peace
six feet under
your white savior
couldn’t save you