Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

MY PATH

The Tomato-coloured Couch 2:00pm

Today I watched

a Universe drift through

My House — It started —

if I can use that phrase —

under a table in The Living Room

which displays The Heads of Hunter & Rudy*

and when I opened the front door

to let a cat in

(She changed Her Mind)

The Universe swept Its Self through

My Dining Room

and into The Kitchen

to roll to a stop

helices intact

string theories in place

at My Grandmother’s wrought iron chair

where I sit

to look out

 

*Rudy died on Tuesday, April 26th.  He never got to see the sculpture.

 

NOW EYE HAVE THE SAME

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 10:05am

At Jordan Bay

My Grandmother

always watched The Ocean

dazzling —

She would tell Me

about The Diamonds

and Stars

and She would

allow Me to

relish Them and to

revel in Them

UNVACUUMED

The Hawk Living Room 7:04am

The Shaft of Sunlight

on My Living Room Floor

illuminates the elements

of space —

I see an asteroid

and the dust of the stars

cat hairs and whiskers

take the place

of eternal galactic

gatherings