Brooks County Jane Doe

in a field in Dixie, Georgia

Merian writes me digital letters 

and my phone displays them

in a field in dixie, 

Georgia

all the strangers

known only to god

what became of them

in the early 80's?

they drifted the streets

loose leaves in the wind

blew from the tops of their trees

to be never again be seen 

they found her body in a field

in Dixie, Georgia

the background noise confuses me now

a newscast from the other room

a conversation

i've no need to have

to bury the unknown with dignity 

he escaped custody 

til jan 83

arrested in Alabama

after he broke free

from the Brooks County Jail

in a field in Dixie, Georgia

the Brooks County Jane Doe

known only to god

lays to rest with a name