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The poem tells the story of a pair of doomed lovers, Sal and Jack, who are desperadoes driven to criminality by circumstances outside of their control. It can be assumed that Sal is Bonnie while Jack is Clyde.
Analysis (ai): This poem, in the voice of an unnamed female prisoner, tells the tragic tale of "Suicide Sal," a woman betrayed by her lover and condemned to prison. Sal's story is one of heartbreak, betrayal, and desperation, and it reflects the harsh realities of life for women in the criminal underworld during the Great Depression.
Suicidio sal. Suicide sal, Todos pensaron que era salvaje. Everyone thought she was wild. Pero nadie lo sabía. But nobody knew. Lo que ella había pasado. What she'd been through. Tenía el corazón de un niño. She had the heart of a child. Suicidio Sal, ¿dónde estás ahora? Suicide sal, where are you now? Tu fama sigue viviendo.
The story of 'Suicide Sal'. Now 'Sal' was a gal of rare beauty, Though her features were coarse and tough; She never once faltered from duty To play on the 'up and up'. 'Sal' told me this tale on the evening Before she was turned out 'free' And I'll do my best to relate it Just as she told it to me: I was born on a ranch in Wyoming;
The story of "Suicide Sal." Now "Sal" was a gal of rare beauty, Though her features were coarse and tough; She never once faltered from duty To play on the "up and up." "Sal" told me this take on the evening Before she was turned out "free," And I'll do my best to relate it Just as she told it to me: I was born on a ranch in Wyoming;
Analysis (ai): This poem, in the voice of an unnamed female prisoner, tells the tragic tale of "Suicide Sal," a woman betrayed by her lover and condemned to prison. Sal's story is one of heartbreak, betrayal, and desperation, and it reflects the harsh realities of life for women in the criminal underworld during the Great Depression.
As an adult, Bonnie wrote poems such as "The Story of Suicide Sal" and "The Trail's End", the latter more commonly known as "The Story of Bonnie and Clyde". In her second year in high school, Parker met Roy Thornton (1908–1937). The couple dropped out of school and married on September 25, 1926, six days before her 16th birthday.
