Joanna Gilman Hyde

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Month: April, 2016

April 17, 2016

AQUATIC FOLIAGE

The Hawk Utility Room 9:05pm

I sit before My Latest Painting

starting out as M(EYE) BODY

but quickly seen out

as Aquatic Foliage —

I’m wearing My most expensive earrings

which, earlier today, caught fire

in The Hawk Living Room

when I observed a filament cluster

of cat hair floating mid air

in a beam of sun from The Sky Light —

as I bent to grasp

and missed

The Illuminated Galaxy,

sparks ignited on The Floor —

M(EYE) Precious Grounding Floor —

as I glinted rays dangling from M(EYE) Lobes

all around

and down below

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April 16, 2016

BED TIME

Eliza’s Room 8:11pm

I go to bed at eight o’clock

like a child

back to My Daughter’s Lavender Room

so as not be awakened

before dawn

by various

cats

wanting to be let out

and back in

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April 16, 2016

THE CLOCKS IN MY HOUSE*

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 10:34am

The Basement Exercise Clock runs fast

but It’s not digital

so I pay It hardly any mind —

The Clock On My Oven

runs slow

but I check It anyway

any time

when It might say My Magic

Numbers

like The Satellite Receiver Clock

beneath the TV

or The Computer Clocks

or Phone Clocks

Clock, Clock, Clock

so I move

through

My Motion

watching The Monitor

on My Rowing Machine

as I automatically wind

My Open-heart Bulova

on My Right Wrist

* My Husband has His Father’s Mantel Clock

in His Library but He never winds It.

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April 15, 2016

NIGHT TERRORS

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:20am

My Brother used to cry

in His Crib

in Jordan Bay

and My Mother would not

go to Him

Her Mother got upset

and told Her She was wrong

but She would not listen

and raised a child

Who was afraid of swimming

Who covered knot holes

in His Island Bedroom Panelling

with masking tape

because He saw in the fluid knots

scary creatures

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April 14, 2016

SINK SPUTTER

The Hawk En Suite Bath 1:32pm

There’s A Crab Nebula

on My Silver

Bathroom Faucet —

EYE think

I’ll

leave

IT

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April 14, 2016

PICTURE THIS

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 10:45am

EYE am out from under

the seduction of lavender sheets

and the purple quilt

of My Daughter’s Room —

with the window open to hear

the birds and the waves —

all I wanted to do yesterday

was give My Children’s Father

a great big hug

and burst into tears

but this morning My Hunter made the coffee

while I switched beds

and decided to row

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April 13, 2016

LATE SUN

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:13pm

I went to sleep

how many nights?

in My Summer Child’s Room

in Jordan Bay, Nova Scotia

the oldest child of a single mother

from the sixties —

in that little room at the head of the stairs

I saw The Sun against

My Far Wall

and  I tried to close the curtains

but The Light came in

anyway and I

went to sleep

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April 13, 2016

AT EVA’S

Port Clyde, NS 4:18pm

secured on My Left Hand

by the diamonds of My Current

Husband

I am in the middle

on My Right I’m decked

by the self-bought bands of My Spiritual

Lover

and today I have spoken to

My First Husband

The Father Of My 2.4 Children

after He appeared in This Morning’s

Dream

just before

I woke up

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April 11, 2016

FATALISM

The Hawk TV Room 11:45am

M(EYE) BATHROBE

has fallen into an

artistic construction

!&!

if I put IT back on

I will never have that

sculpture again!

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April 10, 2016

SILVER ROW

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 10:05am

EYE see The Silver

inside The April Snow

EYE see The Glimmer

abreast The Water

as EYE break

through M(EYE) Row

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