Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

M(EYE) BLACK STAR 2

The Hawk Basement 10:00am

EYE don’t want anything

to out shine M(EYE) Black Star —

when I pour out the swampy green

I want it to haze into

the background

I want My Star in The Center

with ample usage

of radiating

silver

EYE SLEPT IN ELIZA’S ROOM

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:04am

A thin streak of yellow

lines the horizon

My Husband is sick

& doesn’t want coffee

I’ve poured My Self a cup of tea

M(EYE) BODY

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 4:15pm

will be emblazoned

with underlining of Red

A Black Exclamation Mark

with The Point

a star

of glitter

against a dripping Swamp Green

from paint

in M(EYE) Basement

EYE AM A CONJUROR

Eliza’s Room 9:30pm

I re-lit the night light

in My Daughter’s Bathroom

merely by taking it out of its plug

which apparently wasn’t working —

when I put the plastic fixture back in

EYE had Light

CLEANLINESS

The Tomato-coloured Couch 12:22pm

After My Shower

I reached for A Star

floating mid-way

between My Cathedral Ceiling

& The Damnable Floor

I jumped with My Left Arm up

scared a cat

& missed

& had to resort

to the dust

mop

EYE AM NO APRIL FOOL

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 10:38am

I row to Trance Electronic

Trance Tremors Radio Stream

downstairs in My Exercise Room

&  each time I finish one session:

5,000 metres

3,000 metres

2,000 metres

I pull My Self

along The Staircase

back up into

90’s On 9

Sirius XM

EVENING SCORE

The Hawk West Desk Window 7:30pm

The murky sun of twilight

sets on My Sleep Deprivation —

I did row this morning,

My 10,000 Metres

but that was due to hype

more so than a proper night’s rest

& I hope as I have taken My Pills

two hours early

that I will resume

the normalcy

of sleep

MORNING POUR

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 7:50am

With The Halos of Sun

through My Lash Extensions

I see My Morning Row Complete

I see My Day full

of task tsk tsk

I will be forever

Young

 

EYE HAVE A LIMITLESS MIND

The Hawk Kitchen: 9:59am

If Trump doesn’t make it

that won’t stop Me

EYE have a limitless Mind

& I will row

to M(EYE) Destiny

THE NEW COOPER STUDENTS*

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 10:44am

This morning before work

My Husband Dr W. Hunter Blair

read an article in The Guardian

w/pic re: New York College Moves To Strip Gender Markings From All Bathrooms

Cooper Union students ripping

the Male/Female signs off

all the bathrooms

in deference to trans-gender students —

now where will the real

men and women go?

*saw a star for this poem