Joanna Gilman Hyde

June 25th, 2025

The Hawk Deck

10:30 am

This Is What You Call

Deck Living:

stepping barefoot onto weathered boards

(one rotten)

2 hear The Sea & See It Sparkle

2 feel The Bug-free Breeze

(except for the odd fly who might get in the kitchen)

2 languish in A Leopard-spotted Night Shirt

(appreciated once by a non-lover)

amongst The Newly Potted Blossoms

of A Planter’s Delight

while The Scraggly Apple accommodates

The Occasional Blue Jay —

now 2 drink Peppermint Tea

w/ Mexican Honey

(courtesy of Eliza’s Boyfriend) —

Eye could sit here all morning

in M(eye) Surprisingly Comfortable Folding Chair of slatted wood

(2 wooden Adirondack Chairs

are due next week, courtesy of Eliza)

writing poems & drinking, drinking

Tea & Sunshine —

It’s The Momentary Life of Leisure

& Eye am not minding being alone

except for The Cats

& Gully The 3rd

Who’s already had His Breakfast

of ancient canned beans —

He’s Off