Eye have joined The Others
In chairs of steel
Waiting in Their Lobby
For lunch and supper
Waiting in Their Rooms
For The Son
Eye am glad
Dr Blair’s Big White Castle
Burned to the ground —
Eye am safe
Alone now
Here in M(eye) Own
Eye have begun a painting
On the floor of M(eye) basement
Studio —
Not so much a painting
As a collection
Of the detritus
Of M(eye) past
2 million years
M(eye) parents gott married
58 years ago
& have left me
A Kingdom
Buy The Sea
Eye live in the land
Of beautiful women
& perfect housekeeping —
Women who clean
In their bathrobes
And pajamas
& don’t cry
Over tea
Slops
I’m back to watching silver
On the water
In the sky
I’m back to watching
Silver
On the charts
And going high
Once in a NYC loft
On The Upper East Side
Hosted by Alan Frank
Eye doused My Self
With cologne bought
For Me by Guy Tozzoli
— Alan couldn’t breathe
And Eye never told Guy
Eye was born
In The City
That Never Sleeps
@5:26
In the morning
On Canadian Tax Day
I’m cooking up
A witch’s brew
Of Fortitude
Resilience
Defiance
And Farce —
So far I’ve got
T – bone steak bones
Garlic
I’ll add thinly sliced onion
To the stock and
HP Sauce to taste —
But nobody’s toes
Eye am decorated
With My Children’s Art
Sublime in My Silver and Gold
And Beads
Of Human Design
Joanna Gilman Hyde 