IN: When I was in Madison , I stopped in a few times at the feminist bookstore A Room of One 's Own . They had the usual little recommendation tages out on the shelf about which staff members liked what books , but then I came across one for Mary Oliver 's " New and Selected Poems , Volume One . " The recommendation card said , " Read the poem on page 181 , then buy this book . " I read the poem on page 181.Sleeping in the Forest I thought the earthremembered me , shetook me back so tenderly , arrangingher dark skirts , her pocketsfull of lichens and seeds .
Why might one frequent a bookstore of this type ?

OUT: Because one is a feminist

IN: I ' m pretty sure the way I feel is partly because of the crap I ' ve had to endure during the last week . I ' ve never been in such a big mess in my life and I ' m humiliated and I feel like the world is crashing down on me emotionally , physically , and financially . Not to mention the person I 'd been confiding in about all this ( my stepmother ) is going out of town to visit her mother for several days and I 'll be stuck with my dad ( who does n't want to talk about anything ) .
Why is the narrator dreading the next few weeks ?

OUT: Their step mom is leaving .

IN: Once everything was in place the ceremony began , and I began crying again . Not because I was sad this time but because I was proud . As the Marines moved in unison in slow , careful , measured steps to remove his casket from the hearse , to the placement just outside the chapel ( because we felt it was better that way ) .
What ceremony are the Marines at that caused the narrator to cry ?

OUT:
The Marines are at a funeral in a chapel .