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# Columnist’s poem alarming
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/columnists-poem-alarming-editor/
- Published: 2004-03-29T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T04:04:42.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import, Homeless

*By Lori Emerson*

Regarding Janet Phelan’s poem (SMDP, March 22, page 5). In reading this poem, and being somewhat familiar with Janet’s twisted and warped sense of reality, I find this poem extremely upsetting.

I request that the SMDP forward this “writing” on to the appropriate law enforcement agency. To anyone remotely sane, this seems to be an outright admission that she and her sister killed their parents.

Albeit, my usual responses are against aiding the homeless, in this case, Janet Phelan (if that is her real name) needs to be arrested, fingerprinted and investigated thoroughly. I would suggest that someone in the social services area check on her parents and their wellbeing also. It wouldn’t be the first time that a murderer would be hiding amongst our vast homeless population.

In the meantime, perhaps you can suggest that she refrain from writing such horrific material, unless of course, she wants to continue to prove my point that these homeless are just plain scary.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 29, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/032904.pdf?ref=smdp.com)