Index in the cards

Dorothy Lune

PAGE ONE

Introduces the tumbler as predictable as a holster, Eden jumps out of cardstock paper.

PAGE TWO

Clarifies that repetition is only menial when not written about.

PAGE THREE

Elaborates that the tumbler is rocky & ephemeral like a string or rope of DNA.

PAGE FOUR

Concludes that Eden suffers from a panic disorder starting from girlhood.

PAGE FIVE

Diverges from the subject, moving onto the myth, the legend, Ophelia—

PAGE SIX

Who murdered Ophelia?

PAGE SEVEN

& Why did she kiss— the one she suspected? In that way / she reminds me of regret & mothers.

PAGE EIGHT

Police say that she ran on foot, unlike the rumors. Did she not feel fear? Did Eden ever smudge her eyeliner?

PAGE NINE

Have women been vain this whole time— the decomposing question / the trial / the error.

PAGE TEN

Executes men via decapitation.

Dorothy Lune is a Yorta Yorta poet, born in Australia. Her work has appeared in Pinhole Poetry & more. She is looking to publish her manuscript, can be found online @dorothylune, & has a substack: dorothylune.substack.com.