THE TOMATO-COLOURED COUCH 9:00pm
by Joanna Gilman Hyde
I was That Baby
in My Bassinet
on a living room balcony
in a house called The Laundry
I watched The Ceiling
until it grew
into The Balcony Ceiling
here at The Hawk
where I lie back
in My Couch’s Recliner
to look up
& up again
under the cover
of My Grown Up Shelter