The Tomato-coloured Couch 8:25pm
In The Mid-nineties
I lay in bed for weeks
unbathed
wanting to die
not caring for my family
— why write it here —
here where I am happy & satisfied?
because I am in a lull
& I don’t have My Two-year-old Daughter
tearing covers off Me
insisting, “Mom — get up —
Yer Starvin'”
The Hawk Kitchen 5:45pm
OK, I’ve had it
with this star-quality house dust
blanketing every dark surface
in My Maid-free Home —
I see The Night Sky
on My Kitchen Radio
shaped like an alien’s head
& crumbs of cat treats
in the Milky Way
of My New Kitchen Floor
The Hawk Living Room 3:15pm
Here, take This Silver-bricked
Highway
out to Your Island
take Your Golden-haired Daughter
out to Her Corral
take Your Silver-haired Husband
out of His Office
fly Your Little Man
over the scrub spruce
out to Your Paradisical Beach
The Tomato-coloured Couch 4:30pm
I heard Your Name
Callin’ W
over the loud speaker
@ Sobey’s
Today
W/ Dr Blair
Who Thinks
You’re OK
The Hawk West Desk Window 2:10pm
I have seized the mystical
2222
against a patch of blue
on My Basement Wall
I glimpsed It, blinked It
from My C2 Rower
measuring metres/distance
for My Preparatory Trip
to another
Galaxy
The Hawk TV Room 7:39pm
Sitting in The Director’s Chair
Dark Brown Leather
Simon Chang Dark Grey Pants
Leather Josef Seibel Shoes
White Socks, White Underwear
Nude Victoria’s Secret Bra 36B
Esty Endless Swirl Stirling Bangle, Left Wrist
Boluva Ladies Open Heart Watch, Right
Birks Diamond, Gold, Platinum Wedding
& Engagement Rings, Left Ring Finger
Birks Quartz Crystal Gold & Diamond Question Mark Ring —
Right Middle Finger
I’m Ready for Hackers
Stalkers
Terrorists
The American Government
The Hawk Basement NOON
The Glittering Oyster
Open-shelled
Is what We Delve Into
When We Die
With All Minds
Before
&
Ahead
Of Our
Selves
The Hawk Kitchen 7:56pm
Imma takin my dollies
an goin’ home.
Dere infiltrators messin wid my blog
& I don’ like it.
Dey gi’ me d’ creeps —
Dey readin’ my stuff
settin’ up fake blogs
gettin’ me to write mo’ stuff
I mad.
I’s goin’ home.
The Hawk Kitchen 1:42pm
I’m starting to get
generic-looking blog sites
visiting Me
with content
which seems tailored
to attract Me specifically —
at first I responded
but now
I’M BACKING OFF
–
Is this happening to anyone else?
The Hawk Kitchen 5:57pm
I am in self-imposed Lock-down
in My Own Kitchen
listening to peepers
to The West
and The Ocean —
can I go outside
to hear It?
I hear only those tiny frogs
which provide Me
with such joy
Joanna Gilman Hyde 