Eliza’s Room 8:11pm
I go to bed at eight o’clock
like a child
back to My Daughter’s Lavender Room
so as not be awakened
before dawn
by various
cats
wanting to be let out
and back in
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 10:34am
The Basement Exercise Clock runs fast
but It’s not digital
so I pay It hardly any mind —
The Clock On My Oven
runs slow
but I check It anyway
any time
when It might say My Magic
Numbers
like The Satellite Receiver Clock
beneath the TV
or The Computer Clocks
or Phone Clocks
Clock, Clock, Clock
so I move
through
My Motion
watching The Monitor
on My Rowing Machine
as I automatically wind
My Open-heart Bulova
on My Right Wrist
* My Husband has His Father’s Mantel Clock
in His Library but He never winds It.
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:20am
My Brother used to cry
in His Crib
in Jordan Bay
and My Mother would not
go to Him
Her Mother got upset
and told Her She was wrong
but She would not listen
and raised a child
Who was afraid of swimming
Who covered knot holes
in His Island Bedroom Panelling
with masking tape
because He saw in the fluid knots
scary creatures
The Hawk En Suite Bath 1:32pm
There’s A Crab Nebula
on My Silver
Bathroom Faucet —
EYE think
I’ll
leave
IT
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 10:45am
EYE am out from under
the seduction of lavender sheets
and the purple quilt
of My Daughter’s Room —
with the window open to hear
the birds and the waves —
all I wanted to do yesterday
was give My Children’s Father
a great big hug
and burst into tears
but this morning My Hunter made the coffee
while I switched beds
and decided to row
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:13pm
I went to sleep
how many nights?
in My Summer Child’s Room
in Jordan Bay, Nova Scotia
the oldest child of a single mother
from the sixties —
in that little room at the head of the stairs
I saw The Sun against
My Far Wall
and I tried to close the curtains
but The Light came in
anyway and I
went to sleep
Port Clyde, NS 4:18pm
secured on My Left Hand
by the diamonds of My Current
Husband
I am in the middle
on My Right I’m decked
by the self-bought bands of My Spiritual
Lover
and today I have spoken to
My First Husband
The Father Of My 2.4 Children
after He appeared in This Morning’s
Dream
just before
I woke up
The Hawk TV Room 11:45am
M(EYE) BATHROBE
has fallen into an
artistic construction
!&!
if I put IT back on
I will never have that
sculpture again!
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 10:05am
EYE see The Silver
inside The April Snow
EYE see The Glimmer
abreast The Water
as EYE break
through M(EYE) Row
Joanna Gilman Hyde 