[7] Finding Eden

Finding Eden, or a Shy Girl's Pregame Pep Talk on Her Wedding Night
by Deidre Price

If Dickinson can do it,
so can I.

A'rowing her way into a wild night,
Miss Emily soothed that soul
with the rock, rock, rocking
of a lovesick lullaby.

I heard of arced backs
in that sleepy attic,

a scream in a chasm.

If Dickinson can do it,
so can I.