03 | May | 2013 | Joanna Gilman Hyde

The Hawk West Desk Window 10:11pm

When My Husband Holds My Left Forearm

I Am In The Child’s Embrace

I Must Grow Up Into My Self

& Be The Woman Now

Without My Mother, The Single Parent

for I had no father

The Hawk Family Room 4:49pm

My Daughter Eliza handed Me

the tail end of a smoothie

strawberry froth

lining the bottom of a glass

I slurped the remnants of berry seeds

and minuscule bubbles

leaving a spherical star-scape

tilted toward the sun —

a pink piece

of The Universal Puzzle

weight: 142 lbs. (can’t weigh 122 lbs. — that’s what Daughter weighs)

height: 5′ 4″

eyes: blue

hair: light brown — grown-out haircut

dress size: 8

bra size: 36B

shoe size: 7 1/2

ring size: ?

Left Side: receptive

Right Side: giving

written in beam of light 19″ across

Moving From Right To Left