DEPARTURE
by Joanna Gilman Hyde
The Hawk Queen Bed 8:00am
When I left My Children’s Father
fourteen years ago in June
I left My Clothes in Atlantic
I left The Pets
I left My Share of The Atlantic House
I left money in a joint bank account
I left two enormous pieces of furniture
The Secretary & High Boy inherited from The Woman I was named after —
I left Them in The Divorce Papers for Peak & Eliza
I had to leave My Kids
because I couldn’t take care of Them
oh my god. me too.
You have children?
i do. two.
your last two lines…that is my life.