Joanna Gilman Hyde

M(eye) 1st Commission Piece

is 2 be The Formalization

of a Wedding Dress

short, petite

from 1960:

faded chiffon of pink lemonade

w/ white crinoline petticoat satin-lined.

M(eye) Patron also gave Me supposed

accent colours of paint:

pink, grey blue & white

& She wants 2 remain anonymous

within The Process of filming

“M(eye) Creation”

(or is It Her’s?)

What She doesn’t know (yet?)

is that on September 1st of this year

Eye found a rusty chainsaw blade

@  The Recycling Depot in Oak Park

which Eye am very tempted

2 use as The Shadow Necklace

for a string of costume pearls

also entrusted 2 Me

AND what She doesn’t know

is that Eye found

a canvas painted in Autumn Reds

suitable for the juxtaposition

of dress, pearls

& chainsaw blade

perhaps symbolizing

the hazards of marriage

& Commission Pieces — HA!!

NOTE: The pearls are not necessary.

The Chainsaw Blade has become The Necklace –“a chain around your neck”

There’s an unfixed crack

along my driver’s side windshield

and today it blazed abright

at one point, globular

along my highway vision

and so Eye had my sparkler, lit

Yesterday Eye sent a letter

for which there will be no reply —

It didn’t warrent a reply

but Eye wonder what the reader thought

when Eye confessed to Him

that Eye would never let go —

Yes it was one of THOSE

Eye stood 4 shoulders deep

@ the front of the stage

for 6 hours @ least

getting M(eye) ears blasted

by Hard Rock

a couple of lovely songs

& whoopla yells

from a fat girl next to me:

Eye was designated VIP

because of an error in M (eye) $200 ticket.

Eye soaked up M(eye) $750 space

crammed in w/ fellow revellers

until night time fell

over The Giant Stage —

@ 11:00 20,000 fans

had 2 leave The Stadium

& Eye found lodgings

not in M(eye) car as planned

butt in a skanky motel

(complete w/ cop cars)

which charged Me $350

so Eye could shower & sleep.

Eye ate my scrambled eggs

on a glass top table

glistening underneath with dew

Eye sat

like a good little girl

listening to the surf

and the gulls

“Sitting Pretty” is on M(eye) Bedroom Wall

Again

The Flattened Coca Cola Can

sits against Its reddish floral background

& M(eye) Signature Black Drips

w/  4 Red Sequins

ensconces Its Form

Unsold

2 be admired by Me

Alone

Eye have a summer dress

seen by The Prime Minister

of Canada — He’s still

The Prime Minister

& Eye wear My Sleeveless Dress

of grey floral patterning

close-fitted

to The RCMP

where Eye have been asked

to make my statement

against the 92 year old

who needled two

of my tires

at the dance

last Saturday

Our Sun is the most

important blob of existence

in Our Sky

It affects

Our Climate

and feeds Our Earth.

All that We are

comes from The Sun

and Eye love It:

This Exotic Star

The waves are audible

subtle & sweet are the birds —

a deer just grazed

& disappeared

The Cat Molly

didn’t mind

vacating my seat —

a black folding chair

at my grandparents’ wrought iron table

set out here

on this old deck

affording my enjoyment

of true tranquility

Yesterday Eye found a shell

considered then laid away

upon the sand, discarded

until today as Eye walked along

deciding that should Eye find it

for a second time

Eye would claim it —

Lo & Behold

it was there

in all its curly-cue —

no one else had picked it up

no wave had come that high

so Eye retrieved it

as a man nearby

hefted an old lobster trap

he said was garbage —

Eye called it “Flotsam”

and he laughed