Angie has become zombie girl at school
going to classes and walking the halls
in a thick daze
when I talk to her she answers
but with no conviction
so I’ve been trying to sit with her at lunch
and joke about our teachers
or tell her stories from the gym
she listens but doesn’t respond much

I’m still worried
her quasi-suicide attempt
still in my thoughts
but I don’t know how to
get through to her
or help
or anything at all

so I feel like a babysitter
trying to entertain
a toddler
who doesn’t want anything to do with you