Nancy Scott

BALFOUR

A friend of my sons’, he lived with us
his last three years of high school.
He got a full scholarship to Eastern Michigan
but lost it by January after he ended up
in the county lockup
for receiving stolen property.
I loved the kid, but it wasn't enough.
His father had beaten him too many times.
In 2016, two weeks out of Riker’s Island
he overdosed in a Manhattan alley.
I miss him.


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NANCY SCOTT has been managing editor of U.S.1 Worksheets for more than a decade. She is also the author of nine books of poetry and a novella, Marriage by Fire (Big Top Publishing Company, 2018). Before she retired and turned to writing, she had a long career as a social worker for the State of New Jersey which informed and inspired many of her poems. Originally from the Chicago area, she has resided in New Jersey for many years. www.nancyscott.net