Class of '86
Mary Winters
it is terrifying to see
one of your own
go down the drain someone
you went to law school with
who would therefore
be as sane and rational
as a person you could find
like yourself
his wife turned up
at Legal Services one day
no money two kids
she wanted a divorce
because all of a sudden
he started beating her up
at the hearing on the
restraining order he cursed out
the judge then kicked down
his door which is
not considered good form
in any event
next we heard he was living
in a Y in a bad part of town
where he dropped a teenage boy
off a balcony for making noise
who has not thought of doing
such things but we do not
of course act on our impulses
some say drugs were involved
there has got to be a reason
he is in jail on a murder charge
and we (at least for today)
are not