Eye Don’t Fit In
by Joanna Gilman Hyde
The Tomato-coloured Couch
February 25, 2024
Into Institutions Eye Go
Only 2 Get Rejected —
M(eye) Son Says Society
Is Made Up of Institutions
& Eye Don’t Belong In Any of Them
(M(eye) Observation):
The Institution of Marriage
The Institution of School
The Institution of The Military
(M(eye) Son’s Institution)
The Health Care System —
Only The World of Art
Can Save Me Now
Where Eye Am Free 2 Write
Dance & Paint
Whatever Eye Care 2 Express
Note: left out The Institution of Religion
Joanna Gilman Hyde 
I truly believe that the world of art would accept your poetry without the elements that you deem to be “style.” I have been consistent over the years remarking that those are more affectation and only serve to hide your word-art more than enhance it. From the readers’ point of view, it is often a tedious and wearisome read. You DO NOT NEED to resort to these stylistic affectations. Your special voice and your insights drawn from an incredible life, are more than enough to carve out a unique place in this art community. Your avid fan and an online friend for over a decade now – CC