The Hawk Hallway 7:50pm
Is That Child Gone?
The One Who Sat Cross-legged
in Her Kindergarten’s Hallway
unwindowed
practising for a bombing
with Her Head in Her lap?
–
Is She Gone Now, Married
to Her Second Husband, Her Well-loved Doctor
with The Assault on Her Marriage
of A Second Doctor
She feels forced to turn to for eternal preparedness
Practice?
If I could say anything right now
anything I wanted — what
would It be?
–
The House is buffeted by a rainstorm
I Am Cosy In My Bed
(to use a phrase of WHB’s)
with tea beside Me
I Am Free
–
The Anti-Christmas Poems
are over
The Shooting Victims are being mourned
I Am Free
–
I Am Free To Love
& harbour no known hatred
–
I Am Free To Love
My Daughter, My Son, My Husband
My House, My Cats, My Country
My World, My Life
–
I Am Free To Love
My Spiritual Partner
& Believe Me — I HAVE ONE
The Hawk Bathroom 2:22pm
Joanna’s Sleep Regimen:
Lithium Carbonate 300 mg
take 2 capsules @ bedtime
Synthroid 50 mcg
take 1 tablet once a day
Nova-Olanzapine 10 mg
take 1 tablet @ bedtime
Apo-Lorazepam 1 mg
take 1 tablet as needed*
* I have begun taking
this anxiolytic (Ativan) regularly @ bedtime
& IT HAS ROUNDED OUT
MY SLEEP
I NO LONGER WAKE UP EARLY
WITH JOLTS OF ANXIETY
I ATTRIBUTE THE ABOVE PRESCRIPTIONS
TO MY SLEEP RESTORATION
AND THUS
TO MY OVERALL WELL-BEING
Joanna Gilman Hyde 