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Lonely Days Lonely Nights
by Julie Enszer
Where would I be without my woman?
The Bee Gees
I.
If she dies
suddenly
young
I am going to sell everything
buy acres and acres of land
in West Virginia
with a hunting cabin
on top of a mountain
no plumbing
no electricity
I’ll live naked
alone
crying and screaming
until there are no more tears
until my voice is silent
II.
I tell my friend Carole
you will have to visit me
every two or three months
out there in West Virginia
to make sure that I am alive
She tells me
it won’t come to that
it won’t come to that
III.
Luna
an orca whale
trapped
in a Vancouver inlet
every hour or two she cries out
for the other members of her pod
it has been two years
since she heard them respond
but still she knows their song
still she sings
 Julie R. Enszer is a writer and lesbian activist living in Maryland. She has previously been published in Iris: A Journal About Women, Room of One’s Own, Long Shot, the Web Del Sol Review, and the Harrington Lesbian Fiction Quarterly. Her work is forthcoming in Poetica and Sunspinner. She is working on a collection of poetry entitled, Limnings, and a novel. You can reach her at JREnszer@aol.com. |
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