Joanna Gilman Hyde

The Hawk Basement NOON

I stood in the laundry room

contemplating a change

of rowing gear —

looking down at My Flimsy Shorts

I saw a tiny star

like the ones from My Visual Field Test

drop

into

My Field of Vision

&

so

I wear

a tee-shirt from Eliza

which says

“GOLD is GOD”

spelled

with

an

“L”