Ruth Miller
the four-year-old daughter
Ruth Miller
of Charles Miller
Ruth Miller
of Kansas City, Kan.
Ruth Miller
died from the effects
Ruth Miller
of eating candy from a box
Ruth Miller
of poisoned bon bons
Ruth Miller
sent through the mail
to an older sister.
Source: A news story in the Golden Valley Chronicle of Beach, Billings County, N.D., February 21, 1908
Method: The text is from a single sentence in the news story, except for the repetition of her name.
R. Mac Jones is the co-editor of Found Anew: Poetry and Prose Inspired by the South Caroliniana Library Digital Collections. His poems have recently appeared in ellipsis…, Star*Line, and Shot Glass Journal, among other publications.