September 29, 2023
There R Only 2 Things
Eye Miss From M(eye) Marriage
2 Dr Blair:
Sex @ Night
& Coffee In The Morning
September 27, 2023
Tonight When Eye Left
M(eye) Computer Course & Drove
Past Wilson’s
The Sun Was The Silver Orb
Such As Eye Had Never Seen
& As Eye Stopped @ The Library
2 Order “Spiritual Encounters
w/ Unusual Light Phenomena”
The Sun Sank
Behind Some Trees
2 Re-emerge
As Eye Drove
Across The Causeway
Tinted By Then Less Than Silver
Perhaps On Its Way 2 Turning Pink
Butt Turn Pink It Did Not —
Instead The Unfamiliar Ball
Eye Had Followed
Along The West Side
of Cape Sable Island
Then Along South Side
(Where Eye Lost Sight of It)
& Along 2 The Turn
Onto The Hawk Road
(Where Eye Expected 2 Find It) —
Said Silver Orb
Was Nowhere
2 Be Seen
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost
September 23, 2023
Speckle # 2
Is Pecking Around The Yard
Finding Grubs & Bugs 2 Eat —
His Bleeting Has Subsided
So Eye Don’t Have 2 Worry
About Him
or That Eye’ve Messed Up
The Natural Balance of His Life
or Anybody Else’s…
Eye Saw Orion
In The Dawning Sky
& Came Inside 2 Write:
His Shoulders Strong
2 Be Sure —
His Sword 2 M(eye) Delight
Eye Have M(eye) Guard
Eye Love Him So
Come Hell or Water Bold
He Is M(eye) Companion
In Every Right
Until M(eye) Death
Grows Old
However Many Nights We Had
@ The Atlantica Hotel In Halifax
For Dr Blair 2 Get Work Done
On His Bionic Teeth —
However Many Nights We Had
Eye Do Not Remember The Rooms
Nor The Beds —
Eye Remember Only
The Dining Hall’s Rotundra
Overlooking Endless Traffic
& The Shiraz —
It Must Have Been The Shiraz
Eye Still Have M(eye) Japanese Friend
In The Bronx
Who Remembers
M(eye) Red Rugs:
Hilen Remembers How Eye Paid For Them
How A Japanese Man Named Yoshi
(From The Japanese Piano Bar
Where Hilen Played Piano)
Gave Me $2000 Toward M(eye) Art Project:
Bracelet For The Statue of Liberty
Then 1 Night
w/ Cheque In Hand
Eye Happened 2 Glance The Eternal Glow
of A Red Chinese Rug
Hanging Lit In A Manhattan
Show Room Window.
M(eye) Heart Melted.
Lured In
By The Rug Dealer’s Woolen Wares
Eye Was Sold TWO Hand-carved Rugs —
An Area Rug Paired
w/ The Rich Red From The Window —
& Had Them Delivered
2 M(eye) Studio Apartment
On St. Mark’s Place
Where Eye Slept On The Floor
In A Slippery Sleeping Bag.
September 16, 2023
Right After Eye Finished
M(eye) Witch Dress Painting
Hurricane Lee Made The Power
Go Out
So Eye Left M(eye) House
2 Find Comfort @ McDonald’s
In The Form of A Large Decaf
w/ Double Cream.
Eye Kept M(eye) Car Running
Charging Up M(eye) Phone —
2 Go Where? As A Single Woman
w/ No Boyfriend or Pickup Truck
2 Go Wave-watching —
Eye Decided 2 Drive 2 Sherose Island
2 See If Anyone Had Set Up
A Comfort Centre
(That Was Where The Arena
Had Been Occupied By The Red Cross
During The Fires In June)
No Comfort Centre
Butt @ The Adjacent Curling Club
Several Pickup Trucks Abounded
So Eye Decided 2 Walk In
Only 2 Be Met @ A Table
By 2 Elderly Ladies
Who Seemed Taken Aback
By M(eye) Presence
Explaining They Were Hosting
The Annual Antler Show
(For Which You Needed 2 Buy A Ticket)
& The Show Wasn’t Cancelled
Thanks 2 Generators &
“Because The Men Had Put In
Too Much Effort.”
So Eye Looked Through Interior Glass
2 A Long Wall
of Trophied Deer Racks
Lining 1 Side of The Curling Rink
& Quickly Made M(eye) Exit
Back 2 M(eye) Car
Where Eye Sat On The Phone
Texting & Talking
& Watched 3 Parking Lots
Quickly Fill Up
w/ More & More Trucks
& Men In Tee Shirts
(Saw Only 2 Women)
Walking Into The Curling Rink
Housing All Those Stuffed Deer Heads.
Sip Cafe, Yarmouth, NS
September 14, 2023
Nearly 40 years ago Eye dressed
in Evening Dress
2 light cigarettes
for Asian Men
in a Japanese/Korean Piano Bar
somewhere in Uptown Manhattan —
Then Eye married
M(eye) Ticket 2 Nova Scotia
where, somewhere, Eye had
2.4 children
left butt not left
for a conniving Doctor
who kept Me in The Dark
financially & socially, drugged
for nearly 20 years
till now when Eye am alone
2 dress for The Day
where Eye make M(eye) Appearances
@ Lunches & Art Shows
often high-heeled
& always on time
(if not early)
Gully has a chick
as big as Gully
butt brown and speckled —
bleeting incessantly —
am Eye feeding him too?
Yes — he just found Gully’s bowl on the deck.
M(eye) 1st Commission Piece
is 2 be The Formalization
of a Wedding Dress
short, petite
from 1960:
faded chiffon of pink lemonade
w/ white crinoline petticoat satin-lined.
M(eye) Patron also gave Me supposed
accent colours of paint:
pink, grey blue & white
& She wants 2 remain anonymous
within The Process of filming
“M(eye) Creation”
(or is It Her’s?)
What She doesn’t know (yet?)
is that on September 1st of this year
Eye found a rusty chainsaw blade
@ The Recycling Depot in Oak Park
which Eye am very tempted
2 use as The Shadow Necklace
for a string of costume pearls
also entrusted 2 Me
AND what She doesn’t know
is that Eye found
a canvas painted in Autumn Reds
suitable for the juxtaposition
of dress, pearls
& chainsaw blade
perhaps symbolizing
the hazards of marriage
& Commission Pieces — HA!!
NOTE: The pearls are not necessary.
The Chainsaw Blade has become The Necklace –“a chain around your neck”
Joanna Gilman Hyde 