Joanna Gilman Hyde

The Tomato-coloured Couch 5:22pm

Mrs Blair sits in Her Hawk Living Room

furnished sedately but for

a staircase painted red —

She ponders the significance

of Humanity

and wonders if the music on Coffee House

is telling Her things

She should pay attention to

–

seltzer sits fizzing in Her LIFE Glass

on the glass coffee table

and She’s about to eat

some leftover pasta salad

before contemplating

Her next

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