Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

ON THE COUCH

The Tomato-coloured Couch 12:40 pm

I wrap up My Vulnerability

inside My Thick Grey Robe

holding My Fruitless Heart

close to My Chest

for warmth and reassurance

with My Journal open on My Lap

for the inspiration

of twenty-three years

written into the call

of a lifetime

AFTERMATH OF M(EYE) HALO

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 7:45am

Eye catch a glimpse

of Silver out past the edge

of the scrub spruce forest —

I am left today

with the hangover of My Halo

effect of yesterday — all day —

when My Husband had to stay home

in the afternoon

as I taunted Him

with soiled underwear