February 14th, 2026
The Hawk Green Chair
4:30 am
Eye have a ceiling of Light
formed when Eye was 32
held in fortification
by M(eye) Hawk Family Room
illuminated by The Streaking Grace
of M(eye) Lit-up Ice Block
Chandelier
February 7th, 2026
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost
7:37 am
Gully, My Pet
arrives every Morning
@ 7:00 am
landing on His Rail —
Eye tell Him not 2 fly away
as I retrieve His Little White Bowl
2 fill w either cat food pellets
or expired Beef Stew
from when my former spouse
thought The World was ending —
Gully’s colouration often
matches The Sky here —
the subtle grey & white
flecked @ The Neck
w darker grey —
He pecks fast
@ His Dole
while Eye gaze
in Luxury
@ The Sight
of Our Fulfillment
January 27th, 2026
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost
7:30 am
The Radio is off —
not by deliberation
butt The Habit of It
was declined This Morning
as Eye choose now 2 sit
in the silence of my purring fridge
w a cat, Molly
on the ottoman here
& Jerome, The Convalescent
on my Tomato-coloured Couch
& Moulan in Palliative Care
secured in the downstairs bathroom
unaware of Her Final Stage —
my left leg is uncomfortable
after a 3-week old diagnosis
of osteoarthritis in my hips —
I do not believe in getting old
& prefer instead
2 gaze through the unfrosted
Sliding Glass Door
here in M(eye) Hawk Kitchen Outpost
2 The Scraggly Apple tips
encased in fuzzy ice
looking like reindeer antlers
January 22nd, 2026
The Hawk Slipper Chair
5:26 am
Eye have dreamt of A Baby —
A Musical Baby
He mimicked My Googely Voice
My Cooing Voice
My Silly Voice.
I found Him in a blue terry sleeper
lying smiling on a floor
I carefully, so carefully picked Him up
I put Him 2 My Left Shoulder
& We played A Game of Music
He responded 2 any sound I made
& I delighted in Him
My Baby.
I fed Him
from My Left Breast
& He played w My Hair
w His Left Hand
silhouetted against
gleaming streaks of gold
waving in a magical Light
as We moved.
January 1st, 2026
The Tomato-coloured Couch
10:05 am
Gold stands & stoops
picking up the dropped Coat Check Ticket
w stiff hips —
hanging New Year’s guests’ outer wear
w long & heavy Gold Necklace
worn by Her Mother every Xmiss Eve
accompanied by a nearly 24 karat
Gold Starfish @ Her High-collared Throat
w 3- buttoned back —
(buttons in Gold)
Hair bunned up w Gold Barrette
dangling Gold Rings from earlobes
in a black dress flecked w sparks
of antiquated Gold —
Let’s move into SILVER
as Eye have been preaching
since The Light of God
befell Me
In Its Mutitudinous Streaks
on March 31st, 1993
December 26th, 2025
The Tomato-coloured Couch
5:55 pm
If Eye had M(eye) Maria
Where would She be?
Perhaps @ a dance
Under a tree —
Or Eye would be hugging Her
Loving Her as Mine —
She was M(eye) Beautiful 2nd Daughter
She is Spirit —
(butt that’s Not Fine)
December 25, 2025
The Tomato-coloured Couch
11:20 am
As light snow falls
& music plays
& cats sleep
& candles burn
Eye am already
in Heaven
December 21st, 2025
The Tomato-coloured Couch
5:18 pm
As of Today’s Sermon
@ the humble Southside Church
Jesus is Real 2 Me
As if for The 1st Time
May I Heal
My Physical Afflictions
(there are no Spiritual ones)
December 4th, 2025
The Tomato-coloured Couch
5:50 am
Eye wonder if Pappy knew
that someday Eye would inherit
His Rosewood Chair
carved in Birmingham, Alabama
by a one-eyed black man —
could Pappy have known
that in December of 2025
Eye would sit in M(eye) re-vamped Livingroom
looking @ the double-carved arm rests
thinking of The Game He played
of The Little Man
starting @ the top of The Roses
& walking down, finger by finger
2 stop @ the tips
of the concave arm rests
2 gaze around, 2 look —
finger by finger
for The Little Girl lying on the floor
@ Pappy’s feet
ecstatic in anticipation
waiting for The Little Man 2 fly
2 launch Himself off The Wooden Cliff
tickling Me as He Landed?
Joanna Gilman Hyde 