Joanna Gilman Hyde

The Hawk Kitchen 5:40pm

I lost a hand made ring

of enamelled Silver

into the waves of The Jersey Shore

when I was 18

with My First And Only Boyfriend

–

Was It Silver going back to ore

as I told My Self

when I was 13 & lost

two Silver Bracelets

My Mother gave Me for Christmas?

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What did I tell My Self

when I lost a hand made Silver-beaded earring

in the sand on Mc Nutt Island

when I was maybe 20

with a military man

whose name is long forgotten?

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What do I tell My Self now

when I lose something

I might value

like a pair of crystal candlesticks

from My Mother’s Shakespeare House 

put away in one of the boxes

I took unopened to The Salvation Army?