Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

MORNING KITCHEN

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:22am

From My Kitchen Coffee Station

I can see an array

of stars

on My Outpost Window Screen

The Sun beams in

& as I approach the opening

the glinting droplets disappear

only to reveal

a spider

SHEET CHANGE

The Hawk Queen Bed 10:22am

Spread out before Me

is My Unmade Bed

covered in rubbery white

against spills —

I see The Hairs of Life

embedded as the Theory

of Strings & Galaxies

against Our Backdrop

of Infinity

BIRTHDAY GREETINGS

The Hawk Queen Bed 9:35pm

I laid a birthday card

for a friend

inside My Mother’s

Random House Dictionary

unabridged

between witch-elm

and woman of the street

to be found

possibly

when I’m dead

FLY MAGIC

The Hawk Dining Room 1:11pm

EYE have just seen

the most extraordinary thing

against M(EYE) Dining Room

window pane EYE saw

Two House FL(EYE)S

apparently mating

& when They separated

One remained & pulsated

a penis?

& extruded a spot of clear serum

upon the glass

EYE had just cleaned

this morning

FOG LINE

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 7:55am

The Sun Has Risen

Above A Bank Of Fog

Obscuring My True Horizon

Creating A Softer Line

Couching The Sun’s Reflection

In The Ocean

Underneath

GULLY

The Hawk Queen Bed

8:00 am

a disheveled looking Gull

got His Breakfast

of 1 slice of white bread

thrown in chunks

left-handed

like a girl

Celebration of A Day’s Depression

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 1:22pm

I will change out of My LL Bean Cashmere Sweater

out of My Reitman’s grey stretchy pants

I am upstairs now @ The Hawk West Desk Window

about to order My Self

de-clothed:

off with My Everyday Sandals

keeping on My Dark Grey Underwear

& galaxy filament-ed bra —

I am about to cloak My Self

in My Warm Grey Bathrobe —

There!  I did it!

& I’ve left My Smoky Crystal Dangly Earrings

on

TRANSLUCENCY

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 7:22pm

Lime-green bug

in Your See-thru wings

when first I saw Your Underside

You were pale yellow

against My Window —

what r u trying to tell Me?

I went outside

to touch You very carefully —

You took to My Hand

& flew

SIGNS OF GREY

The Tomato-coloured Couch 3:11pm

I have slipped

into cashmere grey

I have looked

@ My Passing

vehicles as grey now —

differing shades

to reassure Me

on My Track

CONFESSION

The Hawk TV Room 6:11pm

During The NYC September

of 1984

EYE painted

The Bull’s EYE

for Our Twin Towers

filmed by German Television —

when I mailed That Video

to My Father in Saudi Arabia

He never got It

I Believe M(EYE) Video Was Confiscated

by The Islamic Religious Police

Circulated Through Various Extremist Factions

inflamed by the overt display

of a beautiful Western Woman

with Long Blond Hair

doing & achieving such

A Public & Powerful Act —

I believe The Bombing

of February 1993 was instigated

by M(EYE) Painting

“Self Organizing Galaxy”

The Coup d’etat

is

Our Precious

9/11