The Hawk West Desk Window 9:19pm
I hate to close the shade
on the last remnants of sunset
but I can hear The Waves
through the bathroom window
and so all is well
with Me.
The Hawk Beach 7:50pm
Last night I saw one sizeable sand castle
with a tunnel and moat and bridge —
tonight one hump of it
and the bridge of wood
remain —
farther along The Hawk Beach
an additional creation is ringed
with blue and purple mussel shells
sporting crab claws and sea gull feathers
and a third,
also from last night,
sets unscathed
with pink crab shells adorning
each of its four turrets
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 3:15pm
Now when I reach
for My Life Glass
it is not to quench
My Unquenchable Thirst
drug-induced —
that craving is gone forever
now when I reach
for My Beautiful Glass
it is to take in
the moderate fare
of My Drug-free* Living
by one or two sips
*still taking 1mg Clonazepam for sleep to be weaned off
after My Children leave
Joanna Gilman Hyde 