The Hawk Corner Room 7:43am
When I was a Teen
I mowed down
My Mother’s Wild Flowers
despite Her Screams
the way My Predecessors
mowed down
The Indians
The Hawk King Bed 7:50am
EYE am Back
in My Husband’s Bed
in the wee hours
as His Guest
& Maid
but not as His Personal Dresser
EYE may or may not Cook
for Him
but I will no longer argue
& I will Dance & Dance & Dance
to M(EYE) Heart’s Content
The Hawk TV Room 12:30am
No Boat No Plane No Motor Car Not A Single Luxury
Like Robinson Caruso, As Primitive As Can Be
eyE
DANCE
NOW.
no
more
writn,
readin,
paintin,
cookin,
knittin,
carin,
cleanin,
walkin,
talkin —
butt
ain’t
got
no BODY
fer
to
video
M(EYE)
po’
white
ass
The Hawk Corner Room approx. 1:40pm
EYE have held
The Most Precious
of Life’s Juice
in M(EYE) Left Palm
& IT was The Colour
of Today’s First Snow
in Antioch Illinois
The Hawk Corner Room 12:15am
EYE Came Out
That Square Cooper Union Elevator
Inside Black Stockings/Black Mini Skirt
Lit Cigarette In M(EYE) Right Hand —
EYE Stuck M(EYE) Left Foot
Deep Inside Those Satin Lips
Fuchsia — Fuck-sia
The Length Of M(EYE) Perfect Body —
AND CLIMBED IN
EYE took the big long fat black zipper
between The Puffy Pink
& “ZIP” —
EYE WAS SILENT
The Hawk Corner Room 9:56pm
The Houses I Have Lived In & Cared For
In Shelburne County, Nova Scotia:
The Hawk Corner Room 2:28pm
A Single Cloth
upon a laundry string —
what could It signify?
A Lover Departed
Or One Discovered —
It doesn’t matter to Me:
IT’S NOT M(EYE) LINE
The Hawk Corner Room 1:50am
EYE salute The New Corners
of M(EYE) House —
From Eliza’s Bed I face The West
Head On
and span My Naked Wrists across
The Globe
with no lint, loose strings or cat hair
galaxies
allowed
The Hawk Corner Room 10:22am
M(EYE) Torture, My Life
EYE have sealed off Your Undried Blackness
I have rolled You up
for The World To See
TODAY
Joanna Gilman Hyde 