THE WEST DESK WINDOW 10:15pm

by Joanna Gilman Hyde

Do My Bodily Cells Know

the acquaintance of My Husband’s?

The Cells all live separately

though We occupy The Same Room.

Do Our Cells Know Each Other’s Bodies?

We smell the same smells

& hear the same sounds —

though when My Husband has ringing in His Ears

do My Ears Know It?