Double Vision
Eye have just two
paper weights sitting on the sill
of M(eye) picture window:
on the left is a pink jelly fish
encased in oblong glass
heavy enough to kill somebody
a gift Eye bought for M(eye) Daughter Eliza
when She turned 16.
The right holds a storm of silver
encased in bulbous crystal
with a bit of blue at the bottom
bestowed upon Me by Eliza’s Mother-in-law
when She graced Me with the choice
to take any one of Her collection
as long as Eye didn’t take the weight
given to Her by Her Father
Joanna Gilman Hyde 