Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

STAR SCAPE PART II

The Tomato-coloured Couch 7:25pm

I have re-visited

My Dark Doorway

to remember Those same wavy

strings of Cat Hair

— and dust —

now that The Snow Particles

are gone

What’s left

but Dark Matter

composing

the majority of material

making up The Scape

of Last Night’s Stars?

WITH COMPLIMENTS FROM 1979

The Tomato-coloured Couch 2:50pm

I’m still That Teenager

reliable

brawny

baby-sitter

paper-girl

proper student

bound to be a helicopter pilot

artist-on-the-side

My Weakness was My Eyesight

but I kept My Sights set on Nova Scotia

where I have ended up

making grilled cheese sandwiches

served with a pickle

for My Second Husband

when He’s home

from The Office

I snagged

along with

The Man