The Hawk Deck 1:16pm
The Hedgerow Rustles
Like The Waves —
Each Swoosh Swooosh
Sinks Into Me
& I Soak Up The Agent
Of My Life
The Hawk Deck 10:42am
I Made My Brain
To Think
I Made My Heart
To Feel
I Made My Feet
To Stand
I Made My Self
To Be
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:05am
This Morning’s Light
has blended into The Sky
The Houses on The Beach
are silhouetted against The Sea
The Hedge Row rustles
through My Outpost Window
Our Coffee has been steeped
The Hawk Deck 9:45am
I have A Plate
that’s square
& glaring red —
I use It for cheese & crackers
& banana bread
baked by a friend
& bestowed upon
new cottagers
who say
“See Ya!”
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 7:24am
The Sun This Morning
is a milky Gold
radiating out
through My Cobwebbed Window
The Sea is sky blue
& still
with a couple
of fishing boats
decking The Horizon
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 3:28pm
I take out
My Star-studded Kitchen Mat
& shake It in The Wind —
I sweep the mangled cobwebs
off My Sliding Glass Door —
I keep My Green-checked Apron on
over My Peachy Capris
& cross My Knees
in My Grandmother’s
Wrought-iron Kitchen Chair
preparing to call a friend
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 10:03am
I D-R-E-M-P-T
I was back
in Alphabet Land
— is It still called Alphabet Land?
on The Lower East Side
of Manhattan
over thirty years later
in a gentrified kitchen
tiny
as
My Own
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:29pm
Armed with a blunted bread knife
clutched right-handed
I have baked My Last Cake
& am about to survive
outside My Kitchen Haven
deep inside the lands of dispute
& vocalization of the state
of Our Laws & Morality
Dignity & Human Endeavor
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 7:40am
My Sea is made
of molten Gold
& I am living
to behold
The Greatest Treasure
known to man:
The Rise In Silver
by God’s Command
The Hawk Queen Bed 9:11pm
The Colour of Moonlight
fell on My Head
The Colour of Moonlight
made sure I was dead
inside My Mind
My Faith It was changed
to see My Self First
My Plans were arranged
to live out My Life
attached to One Sprite
That Light has stayed with Me
even @ Night
Joanna Gilman Hyde 