The Hawk Queen Bed 2:45pm
Here I am on The Hawk Queen Bed
with Hunter, The Cats
and The Birds through the windows —
I can hear The Surf, distantly
and the fog has cleared
leaving rays of light
on My Wadded Up Bathrobe
set aside
The Hawk Queen Bed 2:22pm
Yesterday I made a loaf of bread
today I spent the day in bed
it matters not what song I sing
it’s with My Heart
the words I bring
I see My Self in a future far
away so long to reach a star
like Don Quixote
I’m sure to be
and down I’ll go
in History
The Tomato-coloured Couch 1:30pm
Not so long ago
I breast fed You, My Babies
and now You’re out West
planting trees, sleeping in trailers —
please have no truck
with bears or coyotes
have fun making lots of money
and stay safe
My Little Dear Ones
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 12:50pm
When I was a strapping girl
in a swim suit
I pushed My Fearful Brother
off the bow of Our Mother’s Molly
and He yelled at me
from the splashing water —
“What’d ya do that
for Joanna!”
The Hawk Queen Bed 12:16pm
EYE could sit
in Eliza’s Room
with My Veil
upon My Head
but doing that
would serve no good —
it would fill My Home
with dread
The Hawk Queen Bed 11:55am
My Husband has brought Me
a cup of tea
and so a cup of Life
I will drink away the scalding brew
and think away My Strife
The Hawk Queen Bed 10:45am
EYE sit with The Expletive
above M(EYE) Head
giving rise
to M(EYE) Lethargic mood
enough to get up
& write
enough to stay down
in M(EYE) Thick Grey Robe
The Hawk Queen Bed 9:20am
EYE am wearing The Veil
slouched in Hunter’s Bed
I have It draped
over My Shoulders
for support
for consolation
It’s hot in here,
under My Veil
It’s hot but
I like It
It’s My Privacy
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:00am
Last night I sat
at the dinner table
with a napkin first
on My Head
then on My Face
then I graduated
to the veil from Rudy’s Sculpture
and covered My Self
in Its silken sheath
and stood like a ghost
declaring to My Second Husband
“I am to be seen by only DHW”
Joanna Gilman Hyde 