The Only Dance
by Joanna Gilman Hyde
The Hawk Queen Bed
January 3, 2025
4:26 am
The Only Dance
Eye Ever Had
w/ M(eye) X 2nd Husband
was Awkward At Best —
(We weren’t even married yet)
Appearing In Public
@ The Barrington Lions Hall
Hosted By The RCMP
@ Xmiss Time
w/ Me In The Dress of Midnight
(what did Eye ever do w/ That
Clingy Butt Loose Item of Black
Embossed w/ Drips & Globs
of Silver?)
The Floor Seemed 2 Bounce
& Eye Felt Fat —
Was Eye?
Eye Did Wear A Size 13 Pink Chiffon
when We were mistakenly married
August 14, 2004
@ a ceremony which was more than
Awkward —
everyone left the reception
@ Dr Blair’s Office
for Me to clean up
like a bad dream
— there was no honeymoon —
(supposedly because Dr Blair
was recovering from back surgery
2 weeks prior)
& Eye went along w/ All
This Bullshit —
riding on a horse The Next Morning
w/ M(eye) Attractive 2nd Cousin
from Jacksonville, Florida
Who must have wondered
What Was Wrong.