DR BLAIR’S WIFE

by Joanna Gilman Hyde

The Hawk Portico 3:45pm

“All She did was sit

out on that front stoop

of Hers

while other women

hung out wash

or brought in groceries

She never seemed to have anyone

over

— Oh She’d talk on the phone

al-right

half The Hawk could hear —

but how could She just sit

like that —

sit & look

at The Ocean?”