The Hawk Queen Bed 1:25am
Humpty Dumpty hit a brick wall
Humpty got dumped by His 3rd Wife
All The Island’s Money
All The Island’s Fishermen
couldn’t put Humpty
back in His Bed again
The Hawk Queen Bed 9:00pm
my New Black Chrysler
crouches in hiding
protected by the stone snake
that forms my cellar drive
built when this dream-house was built
in 2001
the year I went to London
with my soon-to-be second husband —
or was it then?
The Tomato-coloured Couch 8:00pm
In M(eye) Fortress of Art
Eye am armed with talent
and Those Who dare enter
will come under siege —
The Cats are spooked
The Guests are few
and Eye remain secluded
grappling at a distance
with a husband
who has declared his Statement
made against M(eye) Body
“ironic”
The Tomato-coloured Couch 4:00pm
She howled from Her Balcony
Twice
to be let out
to play and hunt
but it’s been ten days
and Her Substitute Owner
sees no rest
held hostage
by law
charges
and that good ol’ Stand By:
GRIEF
The Tomato-coloured Couch NOON
Under His No Contact Order
He suggested by phone
using the glove compartment
inside His Leased Black Ford Taurus
for Me to retrieve My Stolen Gold
Arabian Pendant
given to Me by My Father
when I was Twenty
The Hawk Queen Bed 4:15am
Eye burst forth like a rose
layer, bunch, layer
pink and orange
in the early night
of M(eye) Waking
to see The Darkness
and hear the small rain
with Cami Cat
snooping around
M(eye) cover
The Hawk Corner Room 1:04pm
He stands, cute
with His Big Flat Feet
to eat peanuts or
cat food
thrown by M(eye) Left Hand —
Today in M(eye) Monogrammed Robe
His Colour —
Eye stood @ the deck rail
religiously repeating “breakfast, breakfast”
coaxing Him to speak —
when His Beak mouthed The Word
still silent
Eye threw Him a nut
& smiled & smiled
He looked @ Me askance
but Eye didn’t give up —
Eye trained & trained
holding M(eye) Robe closed @ the neck
with M(eye) free hand
and lo & behold
He got closer —
Eye chanted “Breakfast, Breakfast”
and He spread His Left Wing
and performed an arabesque
The Hawk Deck 8:00am
Yes, She brought Me
a dead bird —
deposited on the rope mat
Eye treasure —
Cami Cat —
Husband’s Cat
brought Me a little yellow bird
— It’s in the freezer now —
FOR THE GIRL WHO HAS EVERYTHING
Joanna Gilman Hyde 