“THERE’S LIFE IN THAT WOOD!”

by Joanna Gilman Hyde

The Hawk Queen Bed 9:16pm

“Yeah, and It’s Black

and It’s Moldy

and It’s growing

back

from a month ago

when I scrubbed My Deck

twice over

 with bleach and drove today

a pristine day

all the way

 to Yarmouth

to buy $69.00 worth

of mold-fighting products

endorsed by Mike Holmes

Whom I had never

heard of.”