Today Eye saw
The Other Lolita
and managed to stare Her down
She tried to look me through and through
and took My Smile
above My Frown
Bereft of family
I would like My Own Baby —
but The Father?
There would be no father.
Baby would be immaculate.
How’bout Them Apples?
Yes Eye got Dr Blair
OUT
He doesn’t belong HERE
any more
if He cannot COME
on MY TERMS
Eye don’t want him
at all
“God is The Ultimate
Control Freak”
Eye had a dream
of Treena’s Hair —
back to normal
dark brown
cut short
and cute
Eye am living
in The State of Relief —
I will not be contstrained
by the formation
of even having to write
in Haiku
The Shower of Silver Lights
is My Ultimate Protection —
no one can touch Me
in the wrong place
because My Shimmering Spears
are lethal
and I finally know
how to wield Them
20 years ago She was His Patient
when She had an affair
with Dr Blair —
then She lived with Him
for 5 years
then They got married
for 14
and Divorced
to find both in separate places:
Hers on The Hawk
His to South Side
where They meet along the wide-open beaches
connecting
just to drive each other crazy
My legal Husband
is transformed:
He is My Boyfriend now —
and Eye have always wanted
one of Those.
Joanna Gilman Hyde 