The Hawk Kitchen Outpost
January 17, 2025
8:36 am
Eye wonder where Gully goes
when it’s minus 7 Celsius —
every night He goes somewhere
butt Eye Know Not
The Territory He Roams —
Does He Flock W/ His Mates?
Does He Tell Them
There’s Bacon 2 Be Had
Every Morning
On His RAIL
Hand — Fed?
The Hawk Utility Room
January 16, 2025
5:43 am
Eye Am Looking For A Poem
Written Decades Ago
When Eye Left M(eye) Children’s Father
For The Untimely Dr Blair:
The Poem Was Inspired
B(eye) M(eye) Reckless Disposal
of The Precious Object
Hand-Knitted B(eye) Peter’s Mother —
The Baby Eliza’s First Dress
of Innocent White
Deposited @ Al Keith’s 2nd Hand Store
In Shelburne
In M(eye) Way 2 The Big White Castle
Un Barrington
In M(eye) Way 2 That Existence of Tumult
& Danger
Where & When Eye Lost The Surety
of M(eye) Children
of M(eye) Own Self
The Hawk Queen Bed
January 13, 2025
3:42am
E(eye) L(eye) In Bed
& Dream of Sitting
In The Arms of God
Chair
Drinking M(eye) Tea —
A Far Cry
— or should that be Cr(eye) —
From When Eye
Used 2 L(eye)
In Bed
Not Knowing
What 2 Do
w/ M(eye) L(eye)fe
The Hawk Utility Room
January 12, 2025
5:50 am
M(eye) Kitchen For 1
Is Set Up Now
w/ 3 Little Night Lights
So Eye Can See
In The Dark
2 Make M(eye) Tea
The Hawk Utility Room
January 8, 2025
5:55 am
Eye Run A Tight Ship
around here —
Jerome should never be shaved again —
2 look like a plucked chicken
w/ His “Lion Cut” —
Eye have incorporated
The Grooming Care of The Cats
into M(eye) Daily Life:
@ No Prescribed Time
on The Kitchen Floor
or Hallway
taking hold of A Cat
by The Back of His or Her Neck
Eye momentarily torture
(for now, until They are completely free
of matts)
1 of 3 Cats leftover
from The Previous Household
of as many as 7
(Who never got groomed)
They R M(eye) Cats Now —
& They Should Be Matt-free
Sleek for Their Benefit
as well as for M(eye) Peace of Mind
Here In M(eye) Living Gallery
where Eye will NOT have
A Single Hair Out of Place.
The Hawk Utility Room
January 5, 2025
3:45 am
What was so alluring
about Dr Blair?
Is This Poem
even worth writing?
(pause 2 get more tea)
Just slathered orange-smelling
hotel lotion on M(eye) Face
standing in M(eye) Newly Appreciated
Kitchen
lit w/ one Night Light…
The Hawk Utility Room
January 3, 2025
6:15 am
You could have been housed
here in M(eye) Living Gallery —
in “Peak’s Room”
decked w/ ART in The Basement
2 do Your Prolific Writing
2 work on Your Book titled
“PILLS”
(which Eye am eager 2 read)
butt You’re Caught In The Trap
of The Psychiatric Industry
which does not recognize
Your Talents
does not recognize
Your Exquisite Individuality
& has You pumped down
on 5 different medications
all of which Eye believe
are harming Your Wonderful Brain
in an effort 2 “stabilize”
Beautiful You —
You Who have lost Your Mother,
Your Grandmother, Cat & House
in Shelburne, The Place
You Loved, butt which turned
It’s back on You
because of Your “Psychiatric History”
— You R Stigmatized —
like Me, like M(eye) Brother
(The Late Howard Talbot Walden Hyde)
& Eye am left at Odds w/ The Program
which encases You Against Your Will —
Or R U Complacent?
How Can That Be?
Get Out Dear Luke — Get Out — —
The World Needs You —
Your Unique Creativity —
Your Sensitivity —
Your Wonderful Humour —
Your Enthusiasm for Life —
& EYE HEART U
L — U — K — E !!
The Hawk Queen Bed
January 3, 2025
4:26 am
The Only Dance
Eye Ever Had
w/ M(eye) X 2nd Husband
was Awkward At Best —
(We weren’t even married yet)
Appearing In Public
@ The Barrington Lions Hall
Hosted By The RCMP
@ Xmiss Time
w/ Me In The Dress of Midnight
(what did Eye ever do w/ That
Clingy Butt Loose Item of Black
Embossed w/ Drips & Globs
of Silver?)
The Floor Seemed 2 Bounce
& Eye Felt Fat —
Was Eye?
Eye Did Wear A Size 13 Pink Chiffon
when We were mistakenly married
August 14, 2004
@ a ceremony which was more than
Awkward —
everyone left the reception
@ Dr Blair’s Office
for Me to clean up
like a bad dream
— there was no honeymoon —
(supposedly because Dr Blair
was recovering from back surgery
2 weeks prior)
& Eye went along w/ All
This Bullshit —
riding on a horse The Next Morning
w/ M(eye) Attractive 2nd Cousin
from Jacksonville, Florida
Who must have wondered
What Was Wrong.
The Hawk Utility Room
January 1, 2025
7:00 am
The 1st & Last
Portrait of Jesus
Signed This Morning
& Hung w/ Great Care
Low 2 The Floor
of M(eye) Completed Heart
of M(eye) Show House
titled M(eye) Living Gallery —
glinted @ Me
as Eye Stood 2 Look
from The Center
of M(eye) New Space
from where The Ice Block Chandelier
is Destined 2 Hang Above —
The Very Top of Jesus’ Head
Held The Star
B(eye) M(eye) Artist’s Hand
2 Glint & Glare
w/ Precious Light
Eye Hold So Dear —
The Light of Perfection,
Grace, Hope, Dignity
emanating from The Final Piece
of M(eye) Creation
Here in This Blessed House
where Eye can Sit
or Stand
or Dance
or Crawl
in The Sublimity
of Life
w/ 3 Cats 2 talk 2 & pet
& Gully 2 feed & watch
w/ The Radio Broadcasting
Hardy French Songs
& A Room 2 Rise 2:
The Upstairs Corner Room
Where Eye Am Now
2 Finish This Poem
as God’s Dawn
Blankets M(eye) Morning Sky
in The Orange Light
of Promise.
The Hawk Utility Room
December 29, 2024
1:22 pm
Here Eye Sit
Free For The 1st Time
2 Lounge in M(eye) Forever Rocker —
The Faded Rose Upholstered Swivel Chair
thrown out by somebody
at least half a decade ago —
almost sold on Fb Marketplace —
almost given 2 Dr Blair’s Girlfriend —
situated Now inbetween 2 banks
of carefully reorganized Artwork
down in The Hawk Utility Room —
The New Room in M(eye) Living Gallery
moved into by Molly
next to The Furnace
on an adjacent chair
of fake dark leather
w/ matching foot stool —
recently scrubbed of its mold
from when it supported
half a decade of Studio Storage
buried w/ damp bug carci
in M(eye) Now Resurrected Work Space
2 rooms over.
Here in This Refurbished Utility Room
These 2 Chairs Create
M(eye) New Sitting Space
complete w/ Spiral-painted Side Tables
inside This Former Storage Room
where Eye can still hang Laundry
amidst walls decked w/ earlier Works
lit by 1 Naked L.E.D. Light Bulb
soon to be replaced
by M(eye) Newest Acquisition:
the circular Silver dangling rack
of half a dozen mini lights
encased in manufactured ice blocks
2 be hung in The Center:
The Heated Heart of M(eye) New Home!
Happy New Year!!
Joanna Gilman Hyde 