MY KITTY
Astro Jasper Cosmo
is My Big Black Panther
The Biggest Black Panther
in The Whole Wide World
to come out of
The Wilds of The Hawk
–w’ de cute l’il vampire toofies–
He’s My Super Cat
I Love Him
1/2 of India sits
in The World’s Largest Blackout
I sit on My Deck
with My Black Astro
lying across Me
while I wait
for a call from My Realtor
maybe with an offer
on My Mother’s Island House
complete with Windmill
& Solar Tracker
Snow White & Black Jesus
went out to a beach
for a picnic
They ate peanut butter
& jelly
& threw the crusts
to The Gulls
They held hands along
The Breaking Surf
They made love
in The Sand
–
Snow White went back to Her Cottage
but Black Jesus had no home
He stayed on The Shore
& waited for Snow White
to come out & play
But She Didn’t Come
–
The next Day it rained
but Black Jesus waited
He got drenched
but all He could think about
was Snow White
& so He waited
The Sky cleared partially
& He saw a Rainbow
He ran up to Snow White’s Cottage
& alerted Her to what He saw
She said, “Thank You Black Jesus —
You Can Come In Now
I Love You”
CARTE BLANCHE
I shuffled out a galaxy
of dishwasher detergent
emptying the box
white on white
on The Open Door
Policy
He My L’il Brown Nugget Head
He Mine
I Love ‘im ’till de Day
I Die
He Die b’fo Me
I Love de Memory
I Love ‘im
’till I Die
He Mines
He Mines
He My L’il Brown Nugget Head
I placed My Bejewelled Left Arm
upon the cushion of My Sofa
The Left Hand of Which
became My Grandmother’s–
The Hand My Mother Saw
in a tree
The Night My Grandmother Died
Joanna Gilman Hyde 