Lives of the Saints in Verse

Enid Powell

At 16,  Enid's 43 year-old

boyfriend 

*Morton*

changed Enid's name

to *Hazey*

and

shaved *Hazey's* head

*Hazey* remained supportive

after *Morton*

changed their own name

to *Martina*

and

systematically shamed *Hazey*

for self-medicatiing

In 2010, *Hazey* was strangled

in the midst of a dream

in which

she had been

Enid 

once 

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