Eye have A White Toilet outside
my house
to replace The Golden Throne
Eye threw away
when Eye thought Eye was moving.
Ghost is missing Its water tank lid
so you can see inside
A Little Man of Silver sits
alone in there
and if you lift the white seat lid
you’ll see a Snake of Silver
with forked twistie tongue
X — Miss Tree is Up
Festooned in Black Lace, Silver
Baby Jesus, Star
Yesterday Eye hit a sea gull
with my front fender —
He was in a flock
eating garbage at the side of the road
(it was garbage day)
with a couple of crows
who got out of my way —
He flew against my hood
“FUCK” was the expletive
Eye didn’t slow down
Eye didn’t look back
Who was that Man
Eye dreamed Eye was kissing?
Refined visage with grey moustache
He stood in a darkened room
Eye hesitated, butt went toward Him
to kiss Him lightly
then diligently
First big ticket item sold on consignment in a store in Lunenburg called Comfort and Joy to a woman who lives in Lunenburg Nova Scotia
Yesterday on my drive home
Eye observed a mystery in the sky:
The Bulbous Flock of Starlings
undulating in cloud formation
over and across the side of the road
parked on to watch —
They flew like a giant school of fish
as one unit
my first viewing of such phenomena
and phenomenal They were —
finally landing, matting the road-side wires
with Their chattering blackness
The Application
On Facebook Marketplace
Eye have revealed m(eye) barest
Alteration:
A single purple sequin
Upon the sharpened elbow
of a Disney Mother
What is Image?
Is It clothes, braces
a doctor’s job?
Or is It The Music
We listen to at night
when We can dance
like EVERYBODY is looking?
Eye walked in that Western Light
filling the sky with gold
Eye walked and walked
and got sprinkled upon
deciding I’ll not grow old
Today in broad daylight
in line for a Tim’s
Eye spied a young banana
trying to get in
to a house repeatedly
while his mother stood aside
he must have known the occupant
and badly showed his pride
and amused the occupant
of my car — that was me —
dressed in black
happily to hide
Joanna Gilman Hyde 