CLEANSING RITUAL

by Joanna Gilman Hyde

The Hawk West Desk Window 9:45pm

If God Creates

The Universe

She Does It Every Night

She Spits Out Stars

Against Her Mirror Image

in an effort to floss

Her Identity

then brushes thoroughly

aggressively

Her Set Of Calcified Moons

to eject a frothing paste

down

into

the

sink

hole