Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

EMERGENCY

DVD will you meet me @ Barrington Sobey’s cart corral

tomorrow at 2:22 pm 

I now know why you stood

at the foot of My Hospital Bed

SAFE

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?

ON TOPIC

The Hawk Kitchen 5:55pm

I stirred The Cinnamon

into My Eggnog

& even though I don’t celebrate

Christmas

I saw The Stars churning

off The Galaxy Edges

I felt The Funnel of Hope

invigorate

My Despondency

I drank The Drink

of My New Declaration:

The Minds of Men, Women & Children

The World Over

will succeed

in leading us away

from Dystopia

DOOMSDAY HAIKU

The Hawk Kitchen 2:22pm

INTRODUCING NEW

DISCIPLINE FOR HUNGRY FAITH:

OLD BREAD FED TO CROWS

WHERE ARE THOSE BLESSED BIRDS?

The Hawk Kitchen 10:30am

The Food Hamper from Yesterday

has been disassembled

disposed of out on The Grass

for The Gulls & Crows

— They know nothing

of Hell & Damnation

Sin & Salvation —

The Orange I rolled

into The Compost

is

safe