The blood-stained note was what started me off--of course this was a suicide. "J.D." was the victim. The narrator (let's call her Margo) knew J.D. (she's going to his funeral) and she doesn't want to be part of the reason he killed himself (patch in a quilt.) If she is, she'll link the "memories [that she had with him] to guilt."
She goes to town with Tommy, her lover. (They live together, and the last line says they love each other.) Tommy also knew J.D. ("you know that would be just like him") and I sense a positive relationship.
"Tomorrow may be the day that our love betrays us" makes me think that perhaps J.D.'s love betrayed him. I think that love was Margo, and she's now dating who was determined to be his friend, Tommy. Margo's probably saying that we love each other now, but tomorrow someone may come between us and we'll be ruined.
She just wants to see how she dies, becuase she wants to see if it's the same way. Will Tommy's love betray her?
The blood-stained note was what started me off--of course this was a suicide. "J.D." was the victim. The narrator (let's call her Margo) knew J.D. (she's going to his funeral) and she doesn't want to be part of the reason he killed himself (patch in a quilt.) If she is, she'll link the "memories [that she had with him] to guilt." She goes to town with Tommy, her lover. (They live together, and the last line says they love each other.) Tommy also knew J.D. ("you know that would be just like him") and I sense a positive relationship. "Tomorrow may be the day that our love betrays us" makes me think that perhaps J.D.'s love betrayed him. I think that love was Margo, and she's now dating who was determined to be his friend, Tommy. Margo's probably saying that we love each other now, but tomorrow someone may come between us and we'll be ruined. She just wants to see how she dies, becuase she wants to see if it's the same way. Will Tommy's love betray her?