❌ False. Our reporter contacted the mother of Amerie Jo Garza, a student who was killed during the Uvalde school shooting in Texas, who that she did not write the viral 'chicken soup' poem.
, which we’ve described as copy-and-pasted text shared online without linking to a specific source.
Snopes readers also sent us the poem as it was shared online, a portion of which is posted below. Due to the graphic nature of some of the content, we have chosen to omit the latter half of the copy. It read, in part: Should I call and cancel her dental appointment next Wednesday? Will the office automatically know? Should I still take her brother to the appointment since I already took the day off work?
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