Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

Category: poetry

FATALISM

The Hawk TV Room 11:45am

M(EYE) BATHROBE

has fallen into an

artistic construction

!&!

if I put IT back on

I will never have that

sculpture again!

SILVER ROW

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 10:05am

EYE see The Silver

inside The April Snow

EYE see The Glimmer

abreast The Water

as EYE break

through M(EYE) Row

ENORMITY

The Hawk Kitchen 1:11pm

When EYE sit down to pee

EYE am a giant

on a mountain —

EYE can guzzle orange

Gatorade Perform

with Its metal grey label

in one go

MORNING SUSTENANCE

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:45am

EYE eat M(EYE) cereal

before The Silver Sea

EYE see The Maverick*

before M(EYE) EYES

as The One Who will take

M(EYE) Painting**

to The Sk(EYE)s

*Donald J. Trump

** Self Organizing Galaxy

SHOW & TELL

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 11:02am

EYE have to sell

M(EYE) Mental Health

to  M(EYE) New Psychiatrist:

nails done

HYDE INQUIRY pant suit

file folder of photos

showing sculpted heads

Certificate of Congratulations

from Concept 2 Rowing

New Painting started on basement floor

EYE have to sell

M(EYE) Self

CONVICTION

The Hawk West Desk Window 10:46am

I am convinced

that God is Woman —

the more I clean My House

or try to —

the more galaxies I create

the more black holes I fill

& the more germs

rather than eliminate

I choose to live with —

I am convinced

MORNING SKY

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:09am

The Sky is heavy blue

with cloud —

The Sea the colour of plasticine

Rudy’s Head sits veiled in The Living Room

unseen

while He’s back in hospital

MY ASTROPITHICUS

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:38pm

I understand the comfort

of holding & hugging

A 22lb Black Cat

on My Lap — I can hug Him

& leak out My Heart

into Him

& not worry about

being a burden

 

RECONCILLIATION OF OPPOSITES

The Hawk Exercise Room 12:43pm

The Colossal Blades from

My Giant Sculpture

“Peaches & Blades”

filling the lobby of Cooper Union’s

4th floor

will reappear

in “M(EYE) BODY”

as the radiating silver

on either side

of M(EYE) Exclamation

MORNING SILVER

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:55am

The Sea is a swath of Silver

as I have drunk from

My Glass of Life

I am awake now

with the kettle on

harboring little strife