Joanna Gilman Hyde

The Hawk Living Room 9:30pm

I’m standing, hovering

above My Mini –

fireplace — My Candle

abra in the center

of My Chinese Coffee Table

I just had to write about

it, here in the dark —

no Other Lights are on

I am writing like a blind woman

Yet I have just had the

satisfaction of eating

a President’s Choice

Decadent Chocolate Chunk

Sandwich Cookie

with My wool-socked feet

up before the

flames