Last Evening in The Sun
Eye visited Mrs. Atwood
and She had on
A Dress
of classic 30’s design:
Poka Dotted Black
against a delicate yellowed knit
w/ pleated skirt
below an elongated waist.
She looked demure
reclining in Her Rocker
eating a vaniĺla cream cookie
Carefully
while Her Little Glass of Pepsi
Popped Its Lit-up Fizz
Against Her Sun-filled Window.
Eye See M(Eye) Double Sun
Of Silver
Out There, Over
The Ocean
Signalling 2 Me
The Ever-present Past
Along W/ M(Eye) Future
Of Glory Yet Unknown
Eye examine The Line
of Sky @ M(Eye) Horizon
outfitted by more than a bank
of Cloud
The Streak of Light
is M(Eye) Streak
and I’ll be alright
inside The Dawn
of Today
20 years ago
Dr Blair put His Arms Out
to Me
in The Doorway
to His (old) Examining Room
and to My Refusal
Today He sat
in His (new) Waiting Room
while I lowered My Self
to His Floor
and to His Refusal
Bleat of The Willet
Sounds of M(Eye) Nova Scotia
Cr(Eye) of The Gull 2
There’s a BIG Rock
In Barrington Passage
Next to Smith & Watt
Which Eye am fond of painting —
M(Eye) Next Design
Eye’m working on:
Giant Heart
Dr WHD ??
Eye still have The Silver
Streaked and Washed
across The Sea
I still have The Silver
encased in My Mind
and No One
can take It from Me.
Eye cut a bright figure
for Mother’s Day
when Eye have lost a daughter
& wear Black Turtle Neck
over Black Pleated Skirt
— above the knee —
Eye am in proper mourning
for M(Eye) Maria
& Eye will never remove
Her Gold Nugget Ring
worn on M(Eye) Right Ring Finger
in Her Honour
Eye do not like
bananas
though Eye eat one every day
–2– keep The Doctor away
Eye do not like
English cu-cum-bers
though M(Eye) Husband is a Brit
and Eye do not like
zucchinis despite their obvious shape
though Eye can make
a mean zucchini casserole
–2– feed The Man
of M(Eye) Reality
Eye live to hear
The Song of Birds
It’s purity to M(Eye) Ear
unmeshable
Eye live to see
The Ocean’s Glint
to M(Eye) Scope
immeasurable
Eye live to feel
The Calm of Life
to M(Eye) Mind
unfathomable
Joanna Gilman Hyde 