The Hawk Basement 11:22am
I have ULTRAVISION
standing in My Packed-up Basement
Packed-up for Library renovations
here I have The Computer
I named The Hulk
am I off track?
Oh! ULTRAVISION is green!
Indian Ring Neck Parrot Green
glowing on the obsolete VCR
The Hawk Kitchen 10:45am
When I was a not-so-little girl
I sucked My Thumb watching
Cowboys & Indians on My Father’s TV
until one night My Red-headed Step Sister
tied My Right Wrist to an iron bed post
with thick green yarn
–
Now I eat a daily banana
in My Back Yard
in My Bath Robe
& aim the peels
between the spaces
within the leafy — in summer —
hedge
Joanna Gilman Hyde 