Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

if eye could

The Hawk TV Room 10:09am

If I Could

Touch Away

The Pain

of This World —

I Would,

I Could

&

I Will

So Help Me

YES — YOU —YOU

G-O-D

DEATH

The Hawk Corner Room, almost 8:00am

My Great Grandmother

Mary Lawrence

had Her First Born Child

die on Her

at the age of thirteen days

so a book said —

according to My Father

She buried Him Her Self

DEAR SANTA

The Hawk Corner Room 4:50am

EYE am gonna put on M(EYE) Clown Face

& leap around M(EYE) House In Time

to Classical Music in The Breaking Dawn

Soul Town in The Afternoon

& maybe Hip Hop @ Night

when M(EYE) Back

unkinks —

My Husband likes Me Now

 

UNTITLED 2

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 WONDERS OF SNOW

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

SHUT DOWN

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

DANCIN NOW

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

UNTITLED

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

FURY

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 HOUSES

The Hawk Corner Room 9:56pm

The Houses I Have Lived In & Cared For

In Shelburne County, Nova Scotia:

  1.  The Jordan Bay House
  2.  The McNutt Island House
  3.  The Atlantic House
  4.  The Thoreau House
  5.  The Shakespeare House
  6.   Dr Blair’s Residence/Office
  7.   The Haeghaert Residence
  8.    The Hawk House