I SEE A WORLD

by Joanna Gilman Hyde

The Hawk Kitchen 9:15pm

I See A World

in the misty coatings

of My Glass Table Top

out on the evening deck —

I see gradations

of condensation

spelling out layers

of murky growth

surrounding the beginnings

of a smattering of continents

in The East

& a blurred

wash of fog

in The West