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”
The Tomato-coloured Couch 11:20am
EYE have placed another Star
— A Red One —
inside M(EYE) Little White Star Box
— the jewellery box with Black
Interior —
for M(EYE) Shimmering Rose
Ring It, The Red Star, lies
among M(EYE)
other specks
taking up hardly any space
adding to M(EYE) Collection
of finds
from M(EYE) House
secured in one place
within the housing
for M(EYE)
Sacred
Jewel
Joanna Gilman Hyde 