Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

ANNIE GET YOUR GUN

The Tomato-coloured Couch 7:22pm

When I was five years old

My Mother took Me into New York City

to see The Musical Annie Get Your Gun

The Only Part I remember

was The Ballroom Scene

with actors holding plates of food

& I asked My Mother

“Is That Real Food?”

I AM YOUR BLACK SWAN

The Tomato-coloured Couch 7:00pm

I Am Your Black Swan

flying off a nostalgic rooftop

into fields of civility —

My Feathers Ruffle

at The Strife of Humanity’s

changeover

from Man’s World — Man’s God

into

Woman’s