And Then, Boom!

Content Warning: This section of the guide contains descriptions of emotional abuse, child abandonment, and trauma due to poverty.

Note: These pages contain the poems “The Crow,” “The Chimera,” “Casserole Surprise!,” “Shepherd’s Pie,” “Snapped,” “Around and Around,” “Take Him Off My Hands,” “Reeling in the Food,” “Fish Fry,” “Fly Free,” “I Get It Now,” “One Sweet Moment,” “Losing More of Grandmum,” “Mom and Me,” “Maybe It’s Like Basketball,” “The Kiss,” “Silence,” “The Balloon,” “Texting,” “Zipped Lips,” “Couldn’t Help But Hear,” “Doomsday’s Left Hook,” “No Reply,” “The Bag,” “Tangled Webs,” “Should Have Asked,” “Abandoned,” “Rescued,” “The Luckies,” and “I Can’t Even Feed Me.”