MY TREE CANNOT BE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN

by Joanna Gilman Hyde

The Tomato-coloured Couch 9:45am

Armed with My Arsenal

of X-Miss Tree ornaments

— 13 silver birds from Wilson’s —

— black balls from Walmart —

EYE spent twelve hours

trimming

& having fun

to complete My Play

from a table pedestal up

rooted

to The Silver Star strungDSCF0675.JPG

from The Cathedral Ceiling

suspended