"They Lied"
Jermell
St. Louis Charter School
City of St. Louis, MO
Jermell St. Louis Charter School St. Louis, Missouri "They Lied" "Poetry on Their Terms, Winners of The 2013 7GP 7th Grade Poetry Contest" is an event and poetry anthology sponsored by The 7th Grade Poetry Foundation (7GP).
They told us we were going to a better place.
They lied.
They told us we would have fun.
They lied.
They said we would eat.
They lied.
They said we were going to see our family.
They lied.
They said a man named Hitler would fix this.
They lied.
They said it’s just a shower.
They lied.