M(eye) House is a Monument
2 M(eye) 59 Years
w/ M(eye) Children’s Art Work
intermingled w/ Mine
w/ 5 companionable Cats
leftover from a marriage
based on sex & home-cooked meals
(Eye was rarely taken out)
w/ a sea gull named Gully
(& His Friend “Interloper”)
whom Eye trained 2 say “breakfast”
for a piece of bacon —
w/ the bulk of M(eye) Poetry
lining M(eye) only downstairs book case
w/ 1 600 page volume
up on M(eye) closet shelf
March 25 20/20 The Hawk Queen Bed 2:43 am
Eye have seen The Structure of Light
radiating converging lines
at the edge, if it is an edge
of my windowsill
Eye have touched The Structure of Light
with my index finger on my right
if it is my right, finger tip
Eye have held The Structure of Light
within my frame of reference
if it is a frame
Eye have been Empowered
by The Force beyond my external self
if it is external
Eye have come
2 M(eye) place
Set before the liquid sun
Glinting off M(eye) perishable ocean
M(eye) precious ocean
Heralded by the inshore waves
And birdsong I love
And choose to live by
Joanna Gilman Hyde 