Lackadaisical

Margaret Elaine Elgin's latest book of poetry is anything but Lackadaisical.As a paralyzed woman, she screams out for justice while suffering abuse. She calls her book "a statement about how being mistreated makes you feel."She states, "I am 44 and recently had a stroke and moved to Oakland, California. I have a cat. I live in an abusive environment."Her writing is about right and wrong, love and hurt, abuse and anger. She writes because "I had to sustain my will to live.""I wish you were dead for the child I was so long ago."And is gone. I was a child of happiness, ready to share."But I cry now, especially before I go to sleep."I can't stop crying."Margaret Elaine Elgin has been writing since she was four years old. "I enjoy sports, but I am paralyzed." This is her fifth published book of poetry. Her other titles include Musings, Hidden Treasures, The Unmerciful, and Innocent Dragons.