PUNK POETRY: A Killer on the Loose by M.R. Mandell

 

The Gilgo Beach murderer was arrested on July 14, 2023. 

Bodies of victims were found 43 miles from the Stony Brook college campus.

 

Forty-three miles from the forest

we walk alone in the dark.

From the bonfires we smoke joints 

and read Anne Sexton poems. 

From the stream we dance

in wet nightgowns, and French kiss

to see how it feels. 

Police say he seduces girls 

with his charm and his wit,

drugs them and drags them to his car.

 

 

What would we do

knowing he lurks in the woods, 

watching every glance, 

every breath, every touch.

Would we hide amongst the rocks,

run deep into the trees. Cover 

our shoulders, and our breasts, 

burrow under leaves. Would we attack 

with our fists, and our keys.

Destroy him, before he destroys us.

--M.R. Mandell