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Margaret Stapleton, 12 years old, of Sewanee, TN was walking through the cemetery when she saw a tombstone that only said, “Louise The Unfortunate”.
Margaret wrote a poem about Louise and we would like to share it with you.
LOUISE
The Unfortunate
Yes, look again that is all that it states.
No last name, no triumphs, no family, no dates.
The last of her memory so boldly carved in stone.
There she rots without recognition, cold and alone.
Murder? Old age? What was her demise?
What was the last expression in her poor eyes?
She must have lived life as a nobody, it seems.
Has she? Will she ever be redeemed?
Live as a somebody, accomplish and please.
Or you might end up like unfortunate Louise.
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