The Tomato-coloured Couch 7:03pm
My Power
Black Power
boils up in Me
at the drop of a line
in an instant
when I see kids smoking
or when I stand beside
a big black TV screen
& want to make it Silver
It boils up anywhere
anytime
& catches Me
& Anyone around Me
off guard
when My red blood cells
are called into overtime
when My Eyes take in
My surroundings
in an instant
I become strident
authoritative
under My Spell
The Hawk Deck 10:22am
It’s A Fine Time For Me
to write of The Religion For One
out here on My Pristine Deck
in The August Morning Sun —
What Can I Tell Of My View
Of The Self?
The Birds How They Cry
for broken hearts
& bombed civilians —
but wait —
NO ONE SHOULD GET BOMBED:
Ours Is An Earth
of exquisite beauty
& must not be marred
by hatred & distrust —
I Am Here To Settle Out
the chaos
To Re-organize
The Individual Mind
To See Out Its Full Potential
& Have It Believe
in Life
The Tomato-coloured Couch 9:37pm
1. Second Coming Of Christ —
immediate result of The Shower Of Silver Lights
aspects: brilliant light, whiteness (not skin colour),
awakening, worldly vision
–
2. The Anti-Christ —
wants to obliterate Christianity —
I don’t want to obliterate
anyone’s religion but I do wonder
what this world would be like
with only One Religion
–
3. Black Jesus —
black in colour (not skin colour),
represents compassion,
humanity’s darkness
used in conjunction as opposing element in
The Grand Design Of Our Reconciliation Of Opposites
The Tomato-coloured Couch 7:17pm
How Can I Stop
The World
& Say I Am All Things:
I Am The Second Coming
Of Christ —
I Am The Anti-Christ
I Am Black Jesus
waiting out this mess
in My Cathedral-ceilinged
Living Room
where no one dies
cats are cared for
& The Radio Plays
Pretty Songs?
The Hawk Living Room 5:49pm
If I Were Catatonic
I Would Be Dangerous
If I Could Speak
I Would Slay With A Line
I Could Squelch
With A Paragraph
I Wouldn’t Eat
I Would Sit In Any Chair
& Stare At My Mind
& Become Black Jesus
The Anti-Christ
A Witch With Short Hair
The Hawk Window Seat 6:30pm
I have turned a corner
into a park-lit lane
surrounded by imported trees
& shadows floating on
newly cut grass
lush & green in the dappled sun
I am Home now
in My Mind
where I can hear
a song’s refrain
& be guided
to My Ultimate Destiny
The Hawk Kitchen 2:11pm
My House affords a clear view
even in the fog
I see the layers of scrub spruce
receding
from The Cats on the deck
& bread rising
with The Kettle on
The Tomato-coloured Couch 4:02pm
Two Little Girls, My Nieces
have added more Stars
to My House
tracking up My Stairs
from The Beach
for Me to sweep up
& turn Them into
My Galactic Palm
Joanna Gilman Hyde 