THE HAWK QUEEN BED 11:55am

by Joanna Gilman Hyde

If I could say anything right now

anything I wanted — what

would It be?

The House is buffeted by a rainstorm

I Am Cosy In My Bed

(to use a phrase of WHB’s)

with tea beside Me

I Am Free

The Anti-Christmas Poems

are over

The Shooting Victims are being mourned

I Am Free

I Am Free To Love

& harbour no known hatred

I Am Free To Love

My Daughter, My Son, My Husband

My House, My Cats, My Country

My World, My Life

I Am Free To Love

My Spiritual Partner

& Believe Me — I HAVE ONE