Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

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MY BROTHER & I

The Hawk Kitchen 4:25pm

The only two adolescent

car accidents

I was in

were with My Brother:

The First where I was driving

with a low rear tire I had neglected to fill

–it went flat on The Taconic

& Howard yelled “We’re On Ice!

Hit The Breaks!”

I listened & rolled Our Mother’s Volkswagon Squareback

into a cliff-side snow bank

and limped home with the spare put on

by kind fellow motorists

tutt-tutting about teenage drivers

The Second Howard was driving

when We were mistakenly headed

for The Holland Tunnel

so I directed My Brother to “Turn Here”

into a No U Turn

He listened

& pulled out into oncoming traffic

We got rear-ended

but were able to drive

His Baby Blue LTD home

I wrote a letter of apology

to the owner of the wrecked green Volvo

Who later said he had never

gotten a letter like that

THE BOOK

Canada Day 2011 The Hawk

This is a New Book

This Book is So New It

Has Not Even Been

Thought of

Yet…

It is NOT about any Living or Dead

People

or animals

or plants

or planets

It is about a Great BIG YAWN

A YAWN WHICH GOES

ON

&

ON

&

ON

& never stops.  Oh, & did

I mention The Yawn never

STARTS, either(underlined)?

The Yawn has a Companion:

The GREAT BIG FART

a FART SO BIG IT FILLS

the Entire Universe

& Beyond, if there is

a Beyond

The FART HAS A START

Like The Sneeze that

follows:

The SNEEZE that blows

away the Yawn (even

though I said It never

Stops) a sneeze which

blows away the FART

which clears

the AIR

To Make Room, since

there is an endless supply

of Room — The Sneeze

has to push away all

the other crap engulfed

by The Yawn & The FART

to make Room for

THIS(underlined):

The Great Big

seemingly Eternal

(though who knows —

who thinks there’s

any such thing as

Eternity?)

The Sneeze makes Room

for:  The Great Big

seemingly Endless

Huge

Sigh

of

Relief —

a sigh of Relief

not Heard,

not Seen,

but

Felt,

felt beyond the

outer reaches of

The Universe

in fact,

becoming the

preliminary

establishment

of

Every Thing &

Nothing &

more eternal YAWNS

FARTS

etc.

 

PROCLAMATION

The Hawk Kitchen 8:22pm

In This Black Book

I Write

M(EYE) Proclamation:

I

Am

The

Church

M(EYE)

Body

Is

M(EYE)

Steeple

M(EYE)

Body

Is

M(EYE)

Mind

M(EYE)

Church

Is

M(EYE)

Mind

Standing

for Freedom

from Entrapment

Freedom

To Fart

Like Every Human Being

I Carry

an English Dictionary

for reference

& not for instruction

I attempt to guide

I have to eat

M(EYE) Supper

Now

P.S.

I have to name M(EYE) Church:

The Joanna Hyde Pass Gas Chapel

I Drink The Golden Fluid

The Hawk Kitchen 6:16pm

I Drink The Golden Fluid

of My Beer

in My Concept 2 Drinking

Glass

& I feel, feel, feel

I feel

for Everyone

trapped

by illness

or made-up labels

People in prisons

I feel for My World

I feel for My Planet

I feel for

My

Self’s

Capacity

 

Healing Touch

The Hawk Kitchen 5:13pm

When A Mother

purses Her Lips

like a heart

& kisses Her Child’s

boo boo

She makes everything better

When People hug

Each Other

They impart Their Mighty Particle

of Love

When I hug My Big Black Cat

Astro

I feel My Love

zooming

into

Him

exhaustion

The Hawk Queen Bed 3:57pm

When I Close My Eyes

I See The Seething Mass

of Humanity, like a swarm of bacteria

covering the habitable parts

of This Earth

I see Them undulating

in Their Sex

in Their Food Consumption

I see Them in Their Veins of Traffic

Are They Building

Monuments

to survive

or Are They Sleeping

Like Me

until

I Wake Up, Get Up

to look in The Morning Mirror

at My Messy Hair —

Will We Wash Our Faces

In The Light Of The Sun

Or The Light Of The Moon?

THERE–I’VE SAID IT

The Hawk Kitchen 7:22pm

I hold a jar in My Left Hand

398 ml 14 oz liq

No Name

Puree de Pommes

non Sucre

straight from The Garden of Eden

not in temptation

but in nourishment

for The World

to see, feel

& swallow

The Meaning of Life

GAME OVER

The Hawk Kitchen 3:25pm

I have written My Self

into a corner

I have consumed a whole bowl

of Pop Corn

& taken My Ball, My Cap Gun

& My Dolly

home

I am The Petulant Child

Who’s eaten all Her Cookies & Milk

and left without thanking

The Mommy

DEFINITION

The Hawk Kitchen 12:10pm

I Am What The Internet Is Looking For

I Am The Piece Of The Puzzle

To 9:11

To 10:22

I KNOW EVERY TRICK IN THE BOOK

My Values Are Humanitarian

& Consumer-based

I’ve Had 2.4 Children

In North America

My Kitchen Appliances Speak To Me

& I Listen, Mostly

To ONE MAN

of small stature

AT HOME WEAR

The Hawk Kitchen 10:55am

PRO LIFE UNDERWEAR

Black Joe Fresh Push Up Bra

Size 38 B

Black Simon Chang Denim Leggings

Size 8

Royal Purple Sweater Top

Sterling Birk’s Esty Bangle

Sterling Birk’s Hoop Earrings

Gold, Platinum, Diamond Birk’s Wedding Band

Gold, Platinum, Diamond Birk’s Engagement Ring

Quartz Crystal, Diamond & Gold Birk’s Question Mark Ring

Ladies Bulova Open Heart Watch

Women’s LL Bean Sheepskin Slippers

8 Medium

STOCK #0 K67904

VN# 05488

MADE IN CHINA

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black socks