A friend is trying to find a poem she read about an abused child. She thinks the child’s name is Maria and it may include the line “Maria died last night”. It mentions the child sitting on a stoop with a black eye and bloodied lips and usually being friendly but unfortunately her father has come home and yadda yadda blah.
I’ve tried googling the line “Maria died last night” but nothing relevant comes up. I’ve also tried just “child abuse” poem (with and without Maria) but nothing relevant is in the first few pages at least.
Does this sound at all familiar to anybody?