Joanna Gilman Hyde

The Tomato-coloured Couch 4:38pm

I slept ’till noon

to make up for nightly sleep-deprivation

& got out of bed @ 2:00 this afternoon

to make up for a wasted day

of gathering together the garbage

for garbage day tomorrow

I got showered and dressed

to be presentable for Eliza’s boyfriend

& sat on the portico

to talk on the phone

to an artist friend near Chicago

when above My Front Yard

flew The Graceful Long-legged Heron

slowly traversing the air

above My House

& the heaviness of bed-lying

was long gone