Joanna Gilman Hyde

The Hawk Wast Desk Window 1:22pm

My Ex-husband has a room

He built

above a garage

for neighbours I haven’t met

He calls it His Favourite Room

He took Me up there today

to look for Hunter’s Lost Pet

— I knew She wouldn’t be there —

in that perfect

extra

bedroom

of oiled wood

skylights

and

pastel paint

Do I

have to

work

guilt

in here

somewhere?