Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

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put M(eye) HEX

on M(eye) EX

on M(eye) BED

Y Give $EX Away?

BLOOD

For twenty years Eye sustained

my husband’s public image

and image was all it was:

imagine a man

great and small

dressed

as Dr Blair —

shaved and bathed

properly slept

but know underneath

a heart as empty

as his kiss

HA!!

Yes, Eye am jealous

of that perfect blonde

chest clad in black

with her “Made In Canada”

stamped on Face Book —

Yes, I’m jealous —

he said he fucked her

morning, noon and night

40 years ago

wrecking his first marriage

and now she’s more

than back

Flattery Will Get You Everywhere

If he had told me

“You’re the greatest artist

in the world”

Eye might have stayed

for free

Damage Control

he has maligned me

to my children

to his internet girlfriends

and anyone else

he wants to think ill of me —

he has lied to my face

and slapped my face down

after I tried to build him up

into the “Doctor”

he is not

Eye H’aint No Germ-o-phobe

One foine day

I’ll be picked up

way off this ground

Eye’ve lived on

for 15 billion years —

think of the germs

I’ll leave behind

while The Big Bang Theory

is only something

to sneeze at

April Fool’s Day

25 years ago

We had Our Canada Dry

Kiss

laid out straight

on a quilted cot

He was Mine

and I was His

and I am happy

with what I got

Rec-la-ma-tion

1. The reclaiming of waste, desert, marshy or submerged land for cultivation or other use.

My walk today was to the beach

where storms of yester-year

came to reach

the dunes I trod

-mountains now-

strata exposed

to show My Ears

The Word

“rec-la-ma-tion”

to echo clear —

I walked home

to turn the page

Who Cares?

Eye am The Woman

of glitter and gold

Eye have entered The Age

of Silver

to have and to hold

The Age of indifference —

Eye will never grow old

WHAT’S UP DOC?

Hey Dr Blair

why don’t you tell them

Eye used to care

I used to wash your hair

like a Japanese housewife

why don’t you tell them

I put cream on your legs

at night

why don’t you tell them

Dr Blair —

Why don’t you tell them —

was Eye CRACKED?