CLUTCHING MY BLACK DIARY AGAINST MY PURPLE-ROBED CHEST
by Joanna Gilman Hyde
The Hawk Corner Room 1:15pm
Do My Cells Know
I Am Exhibiting
“A Failure To Thrive” —
Do They Know I Have Not Eaten Lunch
& That I Cannot
Possibly Take The Cats To The Vet
Tomorrow
For Their Annual Inoculations?
Joanna Gilman Hyde 
May things change for the better.
Thank you, Ben. I’ve eaten supper and three desserts and am feeling better. Just want to go to sleep though.