VOICE

by Joanna Gilman Hyde

The Tomato-coloured Couch 1:00pm

This Tomato-coloured Voice

is My Director’s Chair

I Listen to Know One

but The God I Made

speaking to Me from My Right Shoulder

with An Orange Flower

in Her Dark Hair

My Husband & Daughter

have abandoned My Notions

of God, Individuality

Desire

to Them I Am Silent

but to My Self

I Am All Powerful