Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

WHAT DO I SEE?

The Hawk West Desk Window 10:11pm

What Do I See

When I Close My Eyes?

I See The Mark

Of Infinity

Within The Swirling Masses

Of Colour, Sprayed Out

Overlapping

Lodged Forever

Behind My View

& In The Forefront

COCOON

The Hawk Kitchen 8:00pm

I Am The White Jesus

Arms Held In

Across My Chest

In A White Sweatshirt

White Shorts

White Underwear

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My Old Psychiatrist

Warned Me About

Dressing Like Christ

— I Can If I Want —

Especially In My Own

Kitchen

With A View

To The Neighbours’

With Their White

Car From The 50’s

In Their Back Yard

OVERVIEW

The Hawk Deck 4:48pm

I’ve Been Showered Upon

Hosed Down

Drunk My Own Pee

& Where Has It Gotten Me?

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I’ve Selected Eleven Poems

Of Mine

For A Cousin In Vermont

Yet Emily Dickinson

Sits Beside Me

Mostly Unread

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Hunter Filed All My Poems

Today, Lining Them Up

With No Spaces Between

Making 594 Pages

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What Will Ultimately Happen?