Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

Category: poetry

MEMORABILIA

Eliza’s Room 9:33pm

EYE sleep tonight

beneath the accouterments

of fame

surrounding the lavender corner

of My Daughter’s outgrown

room

it’s tiny — the room

the fame is huge

delineated by My Survival

of photos stretched out and hung

with congratulatory letters from New York City’s Former Mayor Ed Koch

and New Jersey’s Former Governor Thomas H. Kean

for My Painting Self Organizing Galaxy

which spawned 9/11

M(EYE) BLACK STAR 2

The Hawk Basement 10:00am

EYE don’t want anything

to out shine M(EYE) Black Star —

when I pour out the swampy green

I want it to haze into

the background

I want My Star in The Center

with ample usage

of radiating

silver

EYE SLEPT IN ELIZA’S ROOM

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:04am

A thin streak of yellow

lines the horizon

My Husband is sick

& doesn’t want coffee

I’ve poured My Self a cup of tea

M(EYE) BODY

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 4:15pm

will be emblazoned

with underlining of Red

A Black Exclamation Mark

with The Point

a star

of glitter

against a dripping Swamp Green

from paint

in M(EYE) Basement

EYE AM A CONJUROR

Eliza’s Room 9:30pm

I re-lit the night light

in My Daughter’s Bathroom

merely by taking it out of its plug

which apparently wasn’t working —

when I put the plastic fixture back in

EYE had Light

CLEANLINESS

The Tomato-coloured Couch 12:22pm

After My Shower

I reached for A Star

floating mid-way

between My Cathedral Ceiling

& The Damnable Floor

I jumped with My Left Arm up

scared a cat

& missed

& had to resort

to the dust

mop

EYE AM NO APRIL FOOL

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 10:38am

I row to Trance Electronic

Trance Tremors Radio Stream

downstairs in My Exercise Room

&  each time I finish one session:

5,000 metres

3,000 metres

2,000 metres

I pull My Self

along The Staircase

back up into

90’s On 9

Sirius XM

EVENING SCORE

The Hawk West Desk Window 7:30pm

The murky sun of twilight

sets on My Sleep Deprivation —

I did row this morning,

My 10,000 Metres

but that was due to hype

more so than a proper night’s rest

& I hope as I have taken My Pills

two hours early

that I will resume

the normalcy

of sleep

MORNING POUR

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 7:50am

With The Halos of Sun

through My Lash Extensions

I see My Morning Row Complete

I see My Day full

of task tsk tsk

I will be forever

Young

 

EYE HAVE A LIMITLESS MIND

The Hawk Kitchen: 9:59am

If Trump doesn’t make it

that won’t stop Me

EYE have a limitless Mind

& I will row

to M(EYE) Destiny