Joanna Gilman Hyde

July 7th, 2025

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost

6:30 am

After a dream 2 mornings ago

reluctantly kissing a crook

on a slippery slope

in the rain, last night

Eye had a DOOZY of A DREAM:

I finally HAD HIM,  My DHW

in the single bed of My Mother’s Room

in Jordan Bay*

I held Him

& We kissed for the first time.

It was a DOOZY of a kiss

w tongues & limbs & hands

— We were both so happy —

then in a Hotel Restaurant/bar

David had his wallet open

spilling bright green Scottish Bills

on the floor

& I said, “I’ll check

if this is an International Hotel

& if they take Scottish currency.”

*Jordan Bay refers to My Grandparents’ now derelict summer house near Shelburne, NS