February 6, 2025
The Hawk Utility Room
5:26 am
Trillions of Years Ago
When Breaking Up
From The Deceitful Marriage
2 Dr Blair —
Eye Requested of Him
The Purchase
of A Large Diamond Solitaire
2 Make Up
4 The Matronly Engagement Ring
He Bought @ Birk’s In Halifax
On M(eye) Birthday
In Whatever Fateful Year
Leading Up 2 The Ghastly Wedding
On August 14, 2004 —
During A Forgotten February Frought w/ Fighting
Eye Demanded of Him
His Significant Gesture of Bestowal
Withheld For The Duration
of That One-sided Marriage
(w/ 1 Exception: The Bestowal
of A Quartz Crystal Question Mark Ring
Bought Also @ Birk’s
Just As Eye Was Being Interviewed
Regarding Judge Anne Derrick’s
Decision Over The 3-year Hyde Inquiry*)
During That Forgotten February
In M(eye) Desperation 2 Get
Him 2 Acknowledge M(eye) TRUE WORTH
@ The End of That 2nd Marriage
(3rd For Him)
Which Offered Nothing 2 Me
Butt Blurred Vision
On His Part, & Mine
(Eye Was On Drugs
Prescribed B(eye) The Psychiatric Industry Monitored B(eye) Dr Blair)
Eye Demanded of Him
The Emblem of M(eye) Birth Right
& He Refused.
So Eye Bought The 2 Karat D(eye)mond
— M(eye) Birthstone —
& The Biggest Canadian Rock
of Precision Workmanship
Eye Had Ever Been Shown —
@ $22,000 From Barrington Place Jewellers
& Wore It On M(eye) Left Ring Finger
As Eye Was Again Taken
(B(eye) Direction of Dr Blair)
2 The Yarmouth Psychiatric Unit
(4 The Umpteenth Time).
M(eye) Daughter Insisted
M(eye) Power Ring For Crystalized Vision
(& Valentine’s Day Thrown In)
Be Returned.
Eliza Got Her Father
(M(eye) 1st Husband
& Father of M(eye) Aborted Maria)
2 Take M(eye) Giant D(eye)mond
From M(eye) De-throned Hand
As Eye Stood @ The Opening
of That Familiar Bolted Door.
Not Since Then
Have Eye Bought
(Or Had Bestowed)
Any Object of Symbolization
of M(eye) Infinite Vision
(Except 4 One Large Crystalline Glass Conglomeration Costing $10
@ Twice As Nice — M(eye) “Bling Ring”)
Until Last Night @ The Yarmouth Mall
Killing Time
(Which Doesn’t Exist Anyway)
Where Eye Had Just Reclaimed
M(eye) Painting Titled
The Light of Purple
(Or Should That Be L(eye)ght?)
From Yarmouth Creatives
Where It Was On Display
For M(eye) REVENGE SHOW —
Then Wandered Into
Crescent Gold & Diamond
Where Eye Was The Only Customer
Just Before Closing @ 8:00
& Announced That Eye Wanted A Ring
“A BIG RING”
For Which There Was Not Much Selection.
There Was, However, A Collection
of Aqua-coloured Topaz Pieces
(Not Knowing Topaz Came In Aqua Blue)
& Eye Was Happy 2 See
M(eye) 1st Sizable Teardrop Gem
Set Between
2 Adjacent Smaller Drops
of The Same Pristine Blue
& Asked If The Stones Were Synthetic —
“Created” Was The Word —
& The Sales Lady Said They Were Real —
“Natural” — M(eye) Word —
& Even Though She Couldn’t Tell Me
Where The Ring Was Made
Eye Bought It
For $200 Plus Tax.
Eye Mentally Justified The Purchase
B(eye) Telling The Sales Lady
Eye Had Just Saved Almost $200
On A Failed Flower Delivery
For M(eye) Friend Kristine Zoodedoo’s
65th Birthday, Whereupon
The Sales Lady Used A Term
Eye Had Never Heard Before:
“GIRL MATH”
& We Laughed.
Amanda Was Her Name
& She Carefully Deposited
M(eye) Latest Symbolic Acquisition
Into A Darker Blue Ring-slotted Box
Which Fit Into A Matching Cardboard Sheath
& Into Their Nice Grey-blue Shopping Bag.
Eye Paid w/ Debit, A New Method
As Eye Usually Carry Cash.
B(eye) Then Eye Was Starving
So Eye Left The Mall
Just As It Was Closing
& Drove 2 Tusket Falls Brewery
Where, In The Dark of M(eye) Black Car
Eye Took M(eye) New Teardrop Ring Out
of Its Succession of Bag & Boxes
& Placed In Its Padded Ring Slot
M(eye) Mother’s Family Ring
of Hand-wrought Gold
& Refurbished Amethyst
Worn That Night
On M(eye) Right Ring Finger
2 Fill The Place Vacated
B(eye) M(eye) Heart-shaped Gold Nugget
Maria Ring
(Once Belonging 2 Dr Blair
& Now Hanging Hooked
2 The Top of M(eye) Cooper Union
German Expressionism Life Portrait
Above M(eye) Queen Bed)
So w/ M(eye) Mother’s Ancient Gold & Amethyst Family Ring
(Completely Smoothed Oval Amethyst Stone Re-cut @ M(eye) Direction)
Secured Inside The New Blue Boxes
Eye Put The Aqua Teardrop Ring
On M(eye) Right Ring Finger
& Got Out of M(eye) 2021 Chevy Malibu
w/ SAXHTWH Licence Plate
Wearing M(eye) White Faux Fur
& Walked Into The Friendly Establishment
(Where The Only Customers, A Couple,
Were Leaving)
& Where M(eye) Favourite Waitress
Rachel
Complimented What Eye Was Wearing
& Described Their Selection of Burgers
In Perfect Detail.
* Provincial Judiciary 3-year Inquiry for Cause of Death of Howard Talbot Walden Hyde, October 6, 1962 — November 22, 2007
Joanna Gilman Hyde 