Dr Blair wrote to me
that he loved my toes —
what about the rest of me?
Where is he now?
And whose toes is he after
23 years later?
Two of my favourite sounds:
Rain & Ocean Surf —
The sounds of water
in motion.
Last night Eye had a Coors Edge
at an outdoor cafe
in Shelburne
where Eye sat for hours
to take in the sights
of traffic and people —
Today Eye went out
to The Cape —
the three-mile long
spit of stone and sand, white sand
& green dunes
upon which is anchored
the one hundred foot high Cape Light
which shines
into my bedroom window —
out there upon its tree-less wilderness
Eye saw an orange butterfly
heading somewhere
& found a beverage can
faded to its aluminum sheen
& saw a one-legged man
sun bathing with an artificial leg
propped up against his beach chair.
Joanna Gilman Hyde 