M(eye) Red Rugs
by Joanna Gilman Hyde
Eye Still Have M(eye) Japanese Friend
In The Bronx
Who Remembers
M(eye) Red Rugs:
Hilen Remembers How Eye Paid For Them
How A Japanese Man Named Yoshi
(From The Japanese Piano Bar
Where Hilen Played Piano)
Gave Me $2000 Toward M(eye) Art Project:
Bracelet For The Statue of Liberty
Then 1 Night
w/ Cheque In Hand
Eye Happened 2 Glance The Eternal Glow
of A Red Chinese Rug
Hanging Lit In A Manhattan
Show Room Window.
M(eye) Heart Melted.
Lured In
By The Rug Dealer’s Woolen Wares
Eye Was Sold TWO Hand-carved Rugs —
An Area Rug Paired
w/ The Rich Red From The Window —
& Had Them Delivered
2 M(eye) Studio Apartment
On St. Mark’s Place
Where Eye Slept On The Floor
In A Slippery Sleeping Bag.
Beautiful. Transports one to another place and time.
Thank you so much for your complimentary comments.