FREE VERSE Poem: Ode to Jenny, by Lisa Steffen

Dear Jenny from Forrest Gump 5/9/25

I’m sorry about how they treat you. You would never fall in love with him the way they wanted.
I’m sorry my dad asked the female siri on his phone “was Jenny a whore” , And I’m sorry it was on a sunday morning
And that the first result was an article -written by a man- beginning with “Jenny was a bitch.”
And I’m sorry that your dad was a man like so many others who did not love you and I’m sorry that’s what that article blamed you for.
And I’m sorry Forrest loved you and you are the villain because of that and I’m sorry perspectives are considered unfathomable when it bottles down to chivalry.
You told him to run, it’s not your fault he survived.
And I’m sorry you died soon after but then not soon enough

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