Forgotten Tomorrow
This past Wednesday a woman
Chauacia Lashell Meekins
Was shot and killed while
Working the drive-thru window
At a local eatery- Steak n’ Shake
There was a disagreement
About an order of onion rings
And someone in the car opened
Fire killing Chauacia and wounding
Another employee
She was 32 and working multiple jobs
So senseless these killings
Every day in North St Louis
The death toll climbs
I don’t want her to be forgotten
Just another headline that’s
yesterday’s news
So I wrote this poem
Against the shooter
Who they haven’t found
And probably never will
For all these senseless killings
We should rise up
And say enough is enough
No more funerals


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Taking someone's life over onion rings. How trivial a reason can it get? Thank you for writing about Chauncia. The news cycle spins on and on, most will forget by tomorrow, like your title says. Having something, some piece like this, out there offers at least something more. Thank you for writing and sharing this.