Eddie Winston Is Looking for Love

by Marianne Cronin

the therapist said there are places you can go to scream, like the top of a mountain or a roller coaster. there were screaming clubs during the pandemic, she said. she told me i could probably join one if i wanted but what’s the point in sanctioned screaming? i don’t want to scream when it’s okay to scream i want to scream in the middle of new street station at rush hour as loud as i can and for half a second have everyone stop and stare at me and fear for their lives that something terrible has happened i want to scream in the library all the way down the escalator, ruin everyone’s train of thought i want to scream in people’s faces when they look happy

To be counseled on love by an unmarried virgin is one of God’s more amusing tricks, Bridie thinks.

so two things are true: it is the end. and it is the beginning i have to say goodbye and i’ll never go anywhere without you