What The Books Don’t Say

By Grace McLean

On Against Women & Music!

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Dear Eduardo

Dearest Eduardo, my dearest Eduardo

My dear, dear, Eduardo

My beloved Bridget has confided in me

And I was moved to write you

My beloved Bridget has confided in me

Your dark and painful history, and I was moved to write you

I imagine you touching these pages just as lonely as I am

I think of you and suddenly--

Is this what it is to believe in God?

To very suddenly believe in God?

To very suddenly--

Forgive me, I have said too much

My mother was afflicted with a sicknеss that she directed at mе

Perhaps this sounds familiar..?

Whatever they put in her tea

Made her say wretched things to me

I know this sounds familiar

I imagine you nursing your pain, just as lonely as I am

I imagine you writing to me just as quickly as you can

I think of you and suddenly---

Is this what it is to fall into love?

To very suddenly fall into love?

To very suddenly--

Of course, I've read all the books on the issue

Some more than once 'cause I'm thorough like that (ha-ha-ha!)

But if the feeling is...ohh

And also kinda ooooh

And sometimes, even kind of ehdhfdhhhhrrgh

Are you feeling this feeling?

Do you feel this feeling--

Forgive me, I have said too much

Geneva