Eye am a Person
in This Universe —
butt what does that mean?
Eye am a Human Being
on This Planet Earth
& there is No 1 like Me.
Eye could be a Lobster —
Whose fate is 2 be trapped
& boiled alive
for The Delicacy
of Mankind —
Butt Eye am not a Lobster
like every other Lobster
like every other Alien —
Eye am a Person
unique in My Arrangement
of Hair on My Head
of Legs & Arms
of My Symmetrical Proportion —
My Hands are My Tools
& My Mind Knows
No 1 will eat Me.
Eye Remember A White Room —
Filled w/ Sun.
This Is M(eye) 1st Memory.
Eye Remember My Mother —
Lying On A Single Bed.
This Is M(eye) 1st Memory
of M(eye) Mother.
Eye Was Happy
Looking Around
& Around.
It Was The Day
of April 30th, 1961
@ The Presbyterian Hospital
In New York City
& Eye Was Happy.
The TIME of M(EYE) BIRTH
Was The Same As Eye Am Writing NOW:
5:26 am
& Eye Am Happy.
You never could know if you would have had the same dreams being in a different bed.
A Meditative State Provided
The Vision of A Woman Who Resembled
Sophia Loren w/ Long Lush Brown Hair
Dressed In Sail Cloth, Sack-like
On or About A Wharf or Dock
w/ Casks of Goods Surrounding Her —
The Psychic Hosts Insisted
Eye Have Lived Through Many Lives
Butt Eye Maintain M(eye) Conviction
That THIS LIFE Is M(eye) Only 1
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost
February 15, 2024
7:25 am
Full & Soft The Clouds
R Streaked w/ Blue-grey
Butt For The Warmth of A Risen Sun
Somewhere
Behind Closer Bulbous Clumps
Above The Cold Horizon
of Steel Grey Sea
Well, Eye Fished Out
The Pieces of The Ceramic Owl
From The Kitchen Trash Can
& Glued It Back Together
Thereby Reinforcing
The Symbolism From Whence
It Came:
A Door Prize
From The Surprise
Renewal of Wedding Vows
Between M(eye) Friends
Bonnie & Skipper
Who Married The Year
Eye Married Peter
& R Still Together
The Ceramic Owl
a tea-lite novelty
is No More.
Eye found It smashed
on The Floor
when Eye came Home
yesterday
butt This was not a total surprise —
twice before
Eye found It there
unbroken
by The Cats
or A Cat
& Eye heedlessly
put It back
on Its perch
to be whacked off
yet again
in M(eye) never-ending
carelessness
February 1, 2024
Last Night Eye Left
A Light On By Mistake.
It Was In M(eye) Downstairs Bathroom
Where Eye Wash The Cat Mats
& M(eye) Own Stockings.
Eye Am In School Now
As A Teacher’s Aide
Where Eye Have 2 Modulate
Little Kiddies
As lnnocent As The Animals
Until They Learn The Tricks
of Adulthood —
Eye Left M(eye) Light On
By Mistake.
Joanna Gilman Hyde 