Letters from the Emily Dickinson Room by Kelli Russell Agodon

Author:Kelli Russell Agodon
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-935210-41-2
Publisher: White Pine Press
Published: 2012-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

PRAYING TO THE PATRON SAINT

OF SAVED MARRIAGES

She tells him what she cannot name—

how anger tastes as it leaves her lips,

how easy it is to love someone

when he is sleeping,

the sound of rain as it pools

beneath their bedroom window.

There are not enough words for sadness.

Misery and sorrow wait

like the dead in the closets.

Melancholy loiters in the kitchen.

But how does she explain heartache

to someone who has never

washed night from his hair?

She unfolds the words from their corners—

comfort and ease tucked under their mattress,

security and compassion piled high

on the bed.

She remembers how quiet their pillows were,

two faces in darkness waiting

for the other to speak.

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