The Hawk Queen Bed
May 12, 2024
9:40 pm
Today As Eye Washed
The Windows of N(eye) Portico
Eye Heard The Willet —
The Sound of Jordan Bay —
& Eye Thought
This Is Why Eye Am Here
Now On Cape Island
B(eye) M(eye) Self
w/ 3 Cats Outs(eye)de
In This Month of May
Roseway Hospital, Shelburne, NS
May 7, 2024
6:45 am
There Stands A Tree
Outside The Hospital Window
w/ A Double Trunk of Pine.
Its Conical Shape
Rem(eye)nds Me of A Leaf
w/ Branches As Veins
& Eye Am Free
2 Stare At It
For As Long As Eye Want.
The Pr(eye)mary Nurse,
A Young Asian Man,
Told Me There Are No
Visitation Restrictions
& Eye Am Free
2 Stay For As Long As Eye Want.
Water, The Elixer of L(eye)fe,
Is Being Taken B(eye) Delicate Sips
B(eye) M(eye) D(eye)ing Lady
Wh(eye)le Eye Drink
Tea After Tea
& A Decaf Brought In
B(eye) A Friend.
Roseway Hospital, Shelburne, NS
May 7, 2024
4:28 am
2 Keep People Al(eye)ve
Or At Least Comfortable
We Have EYE-V
Catheter Bags
Adjustable Jelly Beds
Clocks
& Nurses’ Buttons.
A Fan Is On Low
Saying “Cool Works” —
It’s 4:30 In The Morning
On This Her D(eye)ing Day —
or is it?
& Eye Have Made
My Second Cup
of Tea.
Roseway Hospital, Shelburne, NS
May 7, 2024
3:40 am
Eye Am Literally
Waiting
For Someone Dear 2 D(eye).
Eye Am Checking
Her Breathing —
Eye Am Checking
Her Faint Motion
of Perhaps One Hand
Raised
Butt That Was Oh,
Over 4 Hours Ago —
When Eye Held It.
Roseway Hospital, Shelburne, NS
May 6, 2024
6:15 pm
M(eye) Whole L(eye)fe
Has Brought Me Here
2 The Death
of A D(eye)ing Lady
Who Showed Me Such K(eye)ndness
Along w/ Her Children —
All Talented
w/ Carving Birds & Making Dolls —
& So Eye Stand 2 Wr(eye)te
In Her Palliative Care
Bes(eye)de Her Old Crysanthimums
& Pink Carnations
2 Wr(eye)te of M(eye) Fondness
For Her Greatness
As She Is An Example 2 Me
of Wh(eye) Eye Have Forged
Loving Relationships
w/ Elderly Ladies
of Cape Sable (Eye)sland
Nova Scotia:
Yesterday When Eye Visited Her
She Said F(eye)nal Words:
“I Will Miss You, Joanna,”
Roseway Hospital,Shelburne, NS
May 6, 2024
Today @ Roseway
Eye Witnessed A Crow
Out On The Rocks of The Roof
Hoarding Some Food
In A Way Eye Have Never Seen:
1st He Walked Around A Little
w/ A Piece of Maybe Pizza Crust
& Tore Off A Chunk
& Carried It 2 A Corner
& Buried It.
He Repeated This Process
w/ 2 Other Tearings
& Stashed Them
Carefully In Other Regions
of The Expansive Barren.
Then Eye Returned
2 Tend 2 M(eye) D(eye)ing Lady
& The Crow Flew Off, Presumably
So Eye Asked M(eye) Self —
Where Did That Crow Go?
The Hawk Corner Room
April 23, 2024
8:50 am
Eye Just Threw Out
M(eye) Sculpture of Beach Combings
Written On Shells:
“ABOLISH SIN” —
It Was In A Corner
of M(eye) Corner Room
& It Was Taking Up Space.
It Was In The Way
of M(eye) Cleaning.
After The Departure
of M(eye) Beautiful Eliza
& Eye Didn’t Want It Anymore.
Note: Eye regret doing this, & intend 2 look for The Sculpture 2 try 2 retrieve It. Written on January 21, 2025
The Hawk Queen Bed
May 22, 2024
5:50 am
2 Those of Us
Who Carry Religion Around
Like A Crystal Vase
@ The Ready
2 Bludgeon,
Eye Say —
Put It On A Window Sill
In Order
2 View Its Light
Refracted
The Hawk Queen Bed
April 21, 2024
9:43 pm
Tonight When Eye Walked
Eliza’s Mexican Street Dog Concha —
The Sweetest Dog Eye Know —
Eye Could Hear The Waves
From The Cape
& The Hawk Beach
& As Eye Walked
Around The Loop
The Peepers Increased
In Volume
& Eye Listened Intently
2 The Alien Beeps
On M(eye) S(eye)de of The Road
w/ The Waves Opposite
& Eye Was Happy
The Hawk Queen Bed
April 20, 2024
6:14 am
Eye have a Niece
somewhere in California
Who wants to be A Boy
(at least Eye think She does —
for Eye have been cut off from Her)
Eye do not know if She is being fed
TESTOSTERONE
Eye do not know if
She hates Her Breasts
or Why
& tomorrow She turns 18
(on The Queen’s Birthday)
is that some magical number?
Joanna Gilman Hyde 