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her mother threw her out 
when she was 8 
because she was too 
pretty
 
at twelve she didn't 
know she was pregnant 'til 
she had the baby
 
32, in Mac Arthur park 
with a baby on one tit 
shit in her pants 
a crack pipe 
and a monkey that's killin her
 
she still gets $100 
for her ass