What Eye Am
by 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.