“My Dead Daughter” by Robin Merrill
Every spring
my dead daughter spraypaints
PLEASE DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE
on the road where she died.
My dead daughter has a flute
at the grammar school
for kids who’s parents can’t afford
a flute of their own.
My dead daughter
sends fifth graders
to art
every year.
This year
instead of marching with them
my dead daughter is helping
send her classmates to college.
My dead daughter’s
changing the world.