Joanna Gilman Hyde

The Tomato-coloured Couch 4:07pm

Black Jesus sits in The Snow-Sun

with Her Serengetis on

— a new stylus in Her Silver/Onyx Pen —

She’s on Her Tomato-coloured Couch

a cushioned platform

from Which to make Public Declarations —

Coffee House plays

What will She utter Today?

What will The Grown-up Version

of The Little Child point out

for The People’s Participation —

a crack at understanding

Our Innate Sensibilities?

Our Lived-in Sensitivities?

“What are You waiting for —

We are Alive and Our Humanity

is Our Most Precious Gift

Given To Our Selves

BY OUR SELVES”