22nd ANNIVERSARY
by Joanna Gilman Hyde
The Hawk Deck 10:40am
22nd Anniversary of My Mother’s Brain Tumour Diagnosis
I live in a place
where women wear Their Robes
until noon
where cats meander across
other people’s lawns
where The Fall Sun
allows You a final stipend
of sitting on The Deck
where You reflect on a past
You know now
is gone
Joanna Gilman Hyde 
gone? i always wonder if it is. it still clenches its fingers tightly around the present.
It may only be gone for today.
cheers to that.
Sounds like a magical place 🙂
It is, Natalie, and nearly succeeds in carrying me off from my last 22 years.