FOR THE JACKIES IN MY LIFE

by Joanna Gilman Hyde

The Hawk Kitchen 3:15pm

Today I Made Cookies

— it doesn’t matter what kind —

— it doesn’t matter I had to pound

the brown sugar into submission —

— it doesn’t matter They came out with arms & legs —

I Made Cookies

For The First Time

Since Making Hermit Cookies With My Mother

On McNutt Island

over 25 years ago