He is charged with
Killing his two year old
Daughter
And leaving her
In a park creek
Still strapped into her
Car seat.
He had picked the child up
From her mother’s house
In Lakehurst
About twenty miles
South of the park
Where she was found.
What happened
Within twenty miles
Is a hard thing to think about.
Windows down
Radio
Tuned to daddy’s
Favorite station
The sun breaking through
The shapes of clouds
The gentle movement
Of the car
As it navigated through mild traffic.
Outside of the car
The leaves were falling.
There was a clean calm
In the park around them.
They were alone.
Was daddy comforting
There on the bridge?
Did he sweet talk her
As he tied the car jack
To the back of her car seat?
Or did she see madness
In daddy’s eyes
As he lifted her up
Onto the concrete railing
Throwing her out into the autumn air
To fall with the colored leaves
Into the cold dark water below
Not even a kiss goodbye.
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