
Did you read A S Patric’s Black Rock White City? “The Death of Miss Richards” stands alone as a poem, but read the book to meet the character properly. Highly recommended.
Why did miss richards die
Jump in front of the train
Without learning to fly
She broke her wrists and her ankles
Before the Hallam train hit
For the briefest of moments
She hurt a bit
Although and however
She may have been hurting
Previously forever
Why didn’t miss richards cry
Let out her feelings
Sob, weep and sigh
Miss Richards always looked so content
Nose in a book
Mind being sent
Not a woman in pain
Not a lass to complain
Of a heart broken or rent
And she ate vegetarian food
For the soul
It looked good
It makes you wonder how should
What actually could
Make miss richards want to die
Miss Richards looked serene
Like one in a dream
Thoughtful and peaceful
Quiet as a mouse
I note she loved music
And the capacity to choose it
Her playlists sashay lists
Of walls without bridges
As we on the ridges
Played miss richards I spy
I never said hi miss richards
Nor hello now goodbye
So she sat by herself until lunchtime went by
Miss richards headphones and book
Ne’er one to sook
Ne’er a wet eye
As she kept to herself
Alone on her shelf
Self sufficient as one cloud in a blue blue sky
Oh why oh why
Did miss richards have to die