Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

DISMISSAL

The Tomato-coloured Couch 9:25pm

I have done battle with God

all My Life

literally & figuratively

I have been caught

& unleashed

I have leashed, caught

& commanded

dismissed

& been dismissed

but Today

I am victorious

in Today’s Dismissal

I have regained

My True Self:

that which is

in God

& that in-which

God is

SUPERNOVA

The Tomato-coloured Couch 2:45pm

I AM NOT AN ARTIST

WRITING IN FEROCITY

I AM SICK OF WAITING

ON THIS CUSP OF CHAOS

I AM ONE HUMAN BEING

CAUGHT

IN THE NET OF SELECTIVE

MIND WORKS

CONVEYED AS ART/POETRY

BUT THAT IS NOT

WHO I AM

I AM PUSHING OUT

THE MADE-UP PERSONAE

OF BLACK JESUS, SILVER CHRIST, THE ANTI-CHRIST

I AM DENYING GOD

HAVING A HOLD ON ME

I was just an innocent girl

when The Shower of Lights

befell Me

I thought They were from God

Well, I have news

BIG NEWS —

THEY WERE FROM MY MIND

MY MIND CREATED THEM —

I CREATED THE NOTION OF GOD

IN MY MIND

MY MIND IS GREATER THAN GOD

God is a pee wee

 

LUNCHTIME

The Hawk Kitchen 12:24pm

I just spewed out An Arm

of The Milky Way

across My Marble-ized Kitchen Floor

when I stood at The Fridge

& violently shook The Parmesan Jar

in the only way I knew how

to break up A Ball of Cheese

not knowing The Flip Cap was loose

STILL

The Hawk Deck 8:51am

The Sea is liquid silver

in these early morning hours

I take solace in The Surf

to The North of where I sit

soaking in a last day of summer

with birds abuzz & cats

stirring on The Deck