DISAPPEARANCE
by Joanna Gilman Hyde
I Stared Death In The Face
& It Was A Black & White Face
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We don’t know what anything is anymore,
except by what it is in relation
to something else
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The Clock Has Stopped
@ Midnight
& The Chickadee’s Crown Is Black
Joanna Gilman Hyde 
I am perplexed by the 2nd stanza in this brilliant poem. What if there isn’t something else?
Is Mumbo gone?
I believe there is ALWAYS something else, and Mumbo will return — as she literally did last night after being gone for 36 hours when we were both certain we would never see Her again.