Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

Month: November, 2015

EFFECT

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 3:40pm

Today Is A Great Day —

I am dressed in My Daughter’s Clothes

& I have seen The Sacred Picture

of A Woman Beaming

with Her Arm around The Waist

of The Love of Her Life

EYE SAW YOUR NAME IN THE STARS

The Hawk Queen Bed 7:05pm

EYE slipped The Purple Evening

Dress

V – front

into Its Black Zippered

garment bag

& zipped the zippered

Satin Lips

over My Black-stockinged

Legs

deep inside

My Closet

I GOT TO SEE

Highway 103, NS

both batches of birds

migrate in V formation

over the sun roof

MY FABRICATION

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 5:57pm

Today I made My Star Man

crinkled from a sheet of Silver

six-pointed

sitting on My Kitchen Sink

Window Sill

He is My Model

& I will fly with Him

to The Depths

of Space

& back

to The Mountains

of Earth

UNFURLING

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 2:47pm

I saw a Star

in a contemplative

moment —

The Moment has come

alive

& I hear a song

on the radio

setting

Me

to wait

NOTEBOOK ENTRIES 2&3

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:13am

Out of

the little dark

hospital room

of 22 years

ago,

sprung

WITCH

Doctor?

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:30am

Out of The Clear

Blue Air I saw

2 Silver Birds, flying

in tandem, & watched

Them across the sky

until They

disappeared

TRACKING MY BULLETPROOF VEST

Date/Time
Activity Location
11/02/2015 – Monday
5:11 am Shipment information sent to FedEx
1:32 pm Picked up LEEDS GB
3:00 pm Left FedEx origin facility LEEDS GB
6:17 pm In transit MANCHESTER GB
7:03 pm In transit MANCHESTER GB
9:46 pm Arrived at FedEx location ROISSY CHARLES DE GAULLE CEDEX FR
11/03/2015 – Tuesday
12:34 am In transit ROISSY CHARLES DE GAULLE CEDEX FR
4:02 am Departed FedEx location ROISSY CHARLES DE GAULLE CEDEX FR
4:05 am In transit ROISSY CHARLES DE GAULLE CEDEX FR
5:45 am Arrived at FedEx location NEWARK, NJ

IN MY RIGHT FIST

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 5:00pm

I grip My Glass

My Life Glass

pushing It hard against

My Ice Dispenser

filling It with frozen crescents

I carry My Frosted Glass

to the sink faucet

filling It with Water

I drink The Essence

of Life

&

Live

BULLETPROOF VEST

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 3:47pm

My Pickled Husband

has just ordered Me

a bulletproof vest

off the internet —

I can go anywhere

now

I am ready

& set

MISTRESS OF EXPRESSION

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 2:22pm

Would I get back

My Exuberance

if I donned My Black Oprah Dress

& loaded up My Wrists with Silver?

Would I tramp around

the house

belting out declarations — some

original — some not

to My Captive Audience of One:

My Despairing Husband

Would I feel the heady height

of My loquacious

Self?