Joanna Gilman Hyde

The Tomato-coloured Couch 6:41pm

I was once walled in

by plexi-glass & counter tops

filing cabinets & indoor-outdoor carpeting

My Performance of trying to live or die

was put on display

& written about in nurses’ journals

I was made to eat food

I could not taste

& made to shower

when all I wanted to do

was drown in the tub

Now I Am Here

on The Hawk where the only wall

makes up My Kitchen Glass Doors:

They Slide Open

I Can Walk Through

To The Outside

To The Bird Calls

Of Life