Joanna Gilman Hyde

The Hawk West Window

May 15, 2024

9:00 am

Eye Have Been A Death Doula

All M(eye) L(eye)fe

& Didn’t Know It

Until Now.

When Eye Was 4

Heffelump D(eye)d

& Eye Questioned

Where Did He Go?

Did He Turn In2 Air?

When M(eye) Big Tom Cat D(eye)d

In 1977

Eye Thought He Had Been Reincarnated

In2 A  Litter of Dark & Dusty Kittens

Next Door.

Then M(eye) Mother D(eye)d In 1993

& M(eye)  L(eye)fe Turned Ups(eye) Down

Butt Eye Witnessed Her Death

& Handled Her Cremation

& Wrote About The Experience

In M(eye) Book So Long Sam —

When Abby The Foster  Cat Was D(eye)ing

Eye Stayed B(eye) Her S(eye)de

& Only Got Up 2 Go 2 The Bathroom

Whereupon She Mewed Outloud

For Me Not 2 Leave Her.

A Week Ago Eye Held A Vigil

For A Dear D(eye)ing Lady

In Her Palliative Care Room

& Found M(eye) Calling.