EDITH & ABBY

Bradley University

bye bye darling falling from the sky bye bye darling as the gurney races by

the nurse held me back ignorant for lack of diamond and band of gold unavailable due to the secret we must hold

she sat me in the waiting chair and I slept through till’ the dawn

she didn’t even tell me you had gone

delayed from my mourning and restricted from crying over your lonely corpse

my old worn feet followed the path to our home where our nightgowns still lay in our dresser side by side and your lilac perfume still rests in your indent in the soft creases of the unmade bed

so bye bye my darling bye bye my one

gals like us always knew how to love