Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

NOTE TO MY READERS

Thank you for “liking”

MUNCHING ON EXISTENCE

This is to inform you

that I have since

made a single word change

in the poem

to clarify my point

Your friend,

Joanna

MUNCHING ON EXISTENCE*

The Tomato-coloured Couch 5:53pm

I am salivating

to Save The World

to spoon It out

from under Itself

feed Me Our New Existence

which is ancient

Yes — I could eat It —

consume Its micro-biotic

Humanoids

Who keep questioning God

when They don’t have to

& spit Them out

afresh

*Robert A. Raines & Robert Gliner

IT’S HERE

The Tomato-coloured Couch 5:00pm

I speak with a forked tongue

out of both sides

of My Mouth

polished teeth gleaming

I am The Devil

to Whom I give no credence

I am set to announce

The Second Coming

not of Christ

but of Global

Darkness

set before The Light

THE NEW APARTMENT

The Hawk Window Seat 1:30pm

I know A Beautiful Girl

Who lives on fruit

& nutritional shakes

& runs Cross Country

for Her University

She has A Room Mate

sharing the same

abode

drinking the same

supplements

& running for Her Life