Joanna Gilman Hyde

The Hawk West Window

November 11, 2024

Sometime In The Afternoon

In M(eye) Possession

Lays An Oval Crystal Dish

W/ An Oval Crystal Lid

designed w/ radiating lines

cut into The Top

& ridged around The Bottom —

The Bottom too has radiating cuts

underneath —

Eye Cleaned It Today

w/ Q Tips

(as Eye stood in M(eye) Ensuite Bath)

& thought of The Man

Who Gave It 2 Me:

M(eye) 1st Husband

& Children’s Father —

The Father Who Gave Me

M(eye) 3rd Child Maria

(not to be confused with Mania)

& Forced Her From Me

w/ The Ultimatum

He Would Leave Me

If Eye Gave Birth —

& Birth Eye Have Given

over & over & over