Jewish Girls’ Saturday Night Fever

Annie Elizabeth Kreiser

I’ll pull you away 

While they’re still saying shavua tov. 

Get in my car. 

I’ll drive too fast. 

You’ll hang your head out the window. 

Let your hair down. 

No one is peering at us 

Through the mechitza 

Over siddurim. 

Take your skirt off. 

We can climb mountains. 

Feel the moonlight on your face. 

Scream things you were never meant to think. 

We could ride dragons. 

Dive to the bottom of the lake. 

See things like us 

Swimming in the dark. 

Grow gills. 

Become mermaids. 

Cut off all our hair. 

Get tattoos. 

Sing until our voices get hoarse 

And we twirl our way back down 

Taking our time 

stopping at every sign. 

Annie Elizabeth Kreiser (’23) is a double major in English and secondary education who dreams of moving someplace warmer. On campus, she serves as a writing consultant and the junior editor of Pitch, Cedar Crest College’s journal of art and literature. After graduation, she plans to attend graduate school before returning to the classroom to teach secondary English.

Jayden Dhawan is a local Pennsylvanian from the Easton area. She is currently a freshman at Cedar Crest College studying Math and Global Studies, with minors in Religious Studies and Global Diseases. Her interests include creative usage of embroidery, singing, and being her sister's biggest supporter.