Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

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6:04pm

Now I hear

The Northerly Waves

I have the bottom

of a glass of wine

twelve dollar very dry

I have supper under

the broiler

I have some writing

5:40pm

I am seeing The Trees

The Scrub Spruce

through The Memory

of The Shower of Lights

I am seeing My Reality

My Sanctuary

through The Emblazonment

of Divinity

through My Sense of Self

through My God

augmenting

The Birds, The Waves

The Fog

THE HAWK RED DECK CHAIR

3:42pm

Light fog has been heated up

by hurricanes Leslie and Michael

as I listen to My Southerly Surf

with an intermittent skill saw

I hope stops going

–

I’ve applied The 1st Coat

of Silver Nail Polish

to both sets of Fingers

here in My Red Deck Chair

on a Sunday Afternoon

2 days before The Exact Anniversary

–

now I’ll apply The 2nd

AN INELEGANT VERSE

The Hawk Deck Steps 2:10pm

It’s in The Water

I drink

Which grows Algae

in The Toilets

but doesn’t make Me sick

It’s in The Water

in motion against

The Shore

Which I can’t live without —

without It I’d be sick —

It’s in The Water

from The Sky

without It We’d

All Die

MESSAGE

The Hawk Deck 12:18pm

They Spoke To Me

Last Night In Near Sleep

“We Can Help You”

& Signalled Me Through

My Mouth

–

The Hawk Hallway 12:32pm

Was It An Infusion Of Bugs

In My Body

Using One Remaining Sense —

My Sense Of Taste?

 

MY TOMATO-COLOURED COUCH

3:45pm

Southerly Surf resonates

in My Blood —

I’m composed of 50 Trillion Cells

or more —

How many of Them are My Blood

activated

by Each Surge of Sound

moving through Me

moving My Pen

as I sit with Knees up

on The Armless End

of My Tomato-coloured Couch?

THE HAWK KITCHEN 3:00pm

I just killed A Fly

on a ceramic apple tile

in My Kitchen

He was just washing His Front Legs

& I smashed Him

with My Open Left Fist

I picked Him up

from behind the toaster

& threw Him in The Trash —

He wasn’t delivering

any Alien Messages —

not Today anyway

OBSERVATION

The Hawk Deck 1:38 pm

All That I Have Lived For

Adds Up To This Moment

I Have Lost Nothing

–

The Clouds Progress From West To East

–

I Am In My Hour —

My Hour Of Refinement

RESTORATIVE VISION

The Hawk Living Room 12:15 pm

I have had an undulating vision —

a purple cave-like opening

dressed in Golden Fray

–

This moving Mountain-like form

contained not the thought

of The Little Man

but His Essence 

–

It pulsated at Me

slowly

pushing from behind My Eyes

& returned Him

to Me

REPOSING

I’m lying on My Tomato-coloured Couch

— did I say It’s very comfortable?

Looking up at My Crow Painting

— I need My Glasses —

The Living Room Window is Open

to The Southerly Waves

at My Head

with Eliza’s Horse Blanket

over The Rest