“Elizabeth June” was written for silent film actress Betty Hutton (1921-2007). Hutton was a close personal friend of Hersh’s when they were both enrolled in the same Providence, Rhode Island university in the 1980s.
Hersh spends a significant amount of her 2010 memoir Rat Girl recalling Hutton’s gu...
The ground's on fire
The ground's on fire
And so are you
God left you here, too
You could call for rain
You could call for rain
Your new moguls: trees
Some full, some lonely
Both help you think
I'm sorry
And you were right
It was okay to be scared