The Horsendale Overpass
  Remembering Karen Zentner,  1991

The Hosendale overpass is caged now
over the NY State thruway
Its curved steel mesh protecting us
from the sky over the busy highway

Over the NY State thruway
a boulder was tossed by those teens
from the sky over the busy highway
only they were protected

A Boulder was tossed by those teens
I shiver each time I drive there
Only they were protected
Karen killed in an instant going home

I shiver each time I drive there
I think of  her though I didn’t know her
Karen killed in an instant preparing for marriage
Elsa, who sold her mother eggs, told the story

I don’t forget her though I didn’t know her
on her way back with the wedding dress
Elsa, who sold her mother eggs,  told the story
Karen killed in an instant preparing for marriage

On her way back with the wedding dress
she was fun for three killers who didn’t mean it
Karen killed in an instant preparing  for marriage
their 52 pound rock smashed her through the windshield

Published BLUE STEM Dec. 2016