The Complete Norton Anthology of Emily Dickinson, Post-Zoloft Prescription (Table of Contents)
•I think I’ll have chicken tonight
•That cloud looks like a cotton ball
•Kittens make me smile
•Oh, the ice cubes are melting
•My tea needs sugar
•I wonder if it's noon yet
•That's a pretty big sandwich
•This calls for a soup spoon
•It's nice to get mail
•Today's a good day for stuff
posted by Francesco Marciuliano at 9:00 AM
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5 Comments:
Zoloft's not quite that strong. Or else they're watering mine down.
Yay, life.
"I wonder if it's noon yet" is the only phrase here that seems to scan to the rhythm of "The Yellow Rose of Texas"; one would think that, even on Zoloft, Ms. Dickinson wouldn't abandon her normal pattern of metrical feet.
"That cloud looks like a cotton ball
Seraphic fuzz divine!
The squirrels chatter to my Soul -
I know not what they mean."
"Today is a good day for Stuff
For golden spools of string!
And eyes that revel - inwardly -
When none are listening."
I always thought the one-woman stage play, "The Belle of Amherst," was a strange tribute to Dickinson. How could you research her for more than 10 minutes and still proceed with a play in which she basically does a stand-up act? I think the play should be: The curtain opens on the interior of her home in Amherst. A pair of feet come down the staircase at the back and pause. A head bends down and sees the audience. The feet go back up the staircase. The audience can then sit looking at the empty set for as long as they like.
My Zoloft prescription must be kicking in, because I laughed myself sick.
Time for some clonazepam to come down.
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