“Teenage Lesbian Couple Found in Texas Park with Gunshot Wounds to the Head” is a powerful piece of poetry by Meg Day.
The speaker does not directly reference the incident that the poem is named after, but instead refers to the violence women face at any given point. Day herself crafts the poem expertly with uses of different alliteration in nearly every line, slant rhyme, and internal rhyme to engage the audience with the hard to hear material. This poem is very literal compared to others, but it carries the struggle, pain, and anger of the writer and those who identify with it brilliantly. Day’s last section is especially powerful, and leaves the audience with a vivid image of bodies, tying it all back to the title of the poem.