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For Dan

Ines Lopes

Dan didn’t come to school Wednesday,
the day he was to host
the morning show.
Instead the principal
came on TV— told us
what took place last night.
The students huddled around
his words: Dan Ehrlich hung himself.
Dan, seventeen, too young to buy a gun,
intelligent enough to knot the rope
perfectly, as if it was Salem, 1692.
He called his mother last, she found him
first – noteless, purple and limp.
She cut him, where he finally fell
and called 911, although they could do
nothing for him. His father
was soon informed,
and his brother returned
from college. At home,
they were bombarded with guests,
condolences, and questions
to answers they would never know. On Friday,
we gathered at Temple Emanu-El. We all hoped
someone would jump up and scream
“Just kidding! He’s still alive!” But no
one did such a thing, and instead,
we talked about his freckles, graduation in two
months, and his smile, because if we talked
about how we really felt, how vulnerable
and unaware, it would have been disrespectful
and offended some of those who came to pay
last respects to Dan.



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