I had a dream
of a house, my house
on an island
with a row of carrots
planted by the back
and the Eastern Sun
out front
and a man I could call
my own — well
he says he’s not in my life
he will not leave his wife
and so must I salvage
my second marriage
in some capacity
or should I, could I
be Independent?
Over pink carnations
she suggested sparingly:
give yourself away
Audacious Husband
refuses to pay for sex
after eighteen years
My House is calling
Me from room to room
Tonight I will sleep
in Its Corner
with The Peepers
and The Waves
@ My Head
and Eliza’s Horse Blanket
on top
Eye Am The Universe
To My Tiniest Cell:
We are right inbetween
The Infinitely Small
& The Infinitely Large
& THAT is how
We can know
both
Truck headlights coming
down the neighbour’s drive @ 5:
one lobsterman off
Its My Birthday
and I’m going
OUT
A man wants a woman
to have orgasm(s)
because she loses control.
Men like women
to lose control.
It turns them on.
And if a man
makes a woman
have orgasm(s)
he feels empowered.
BTW: Woman do not really care
if a man has one or not.
Don’t have sex
if you are fertile
and do not want to get pregnant —
If you do get pregnant
and you are afraid to have The Child
think of Him or Her
as Your Own Creation
Your Own Empowerment:
The Bond of Mother and Child
is Sacred
Eye have in my possession
the implement of destruction:
the blue and white iron
belonging to My First Husband
wielded by His Former Live-in Girlfriend
a dancer
to whack Him on His Hip
while hot
to leave a permanent scar
of polka dots
and The Man’s Story
of “Bad PMS”
Joanna Gilman Hyde 