Joanna Gilman Hyde

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Astro Died Last Year

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost

October 13 2023

Eye Saw A Rainbow

From Where Eye Stood

From Whence It Came

It Was M(eye) Food

The Light Was Gold

Upon M(eye) Tree

Butt Now It’s Gone

& Eye See Me

Understatement

Under The Thinnest of Moons

Accompanied By 1 Sparkling Planet

& Beside The Pink Glow of Sunrise

Eye Did Feed Gully AND His Young

Who Came Eagerly For Their Bowl

of Dried Cat Food

Set Out On M(eye) open-doored Deck

Funny Dream

The Hawk Queen Bed

October 7, 2023

2:08 am

Eye Was @ A House

In Rockland County, New York

Against The Steep Incline

Along Route 9W

For XMiss

& Someone Had Brought

Their Pet Lion

(or Lioness As It Didnt Have A Mane)

Eye Brought A Puppet —

A Kind of Hobo Marionette —

That Eye Set Up On A Tree Stump

In The Back of The House

Against The Hillside —

It Had Very Long Wires

Which The Lioness Activated

By Accident (of Course)

& Let Her Self Outside.

M(eye) Brother Howard

& Lee Keating

(Old Neighbour of Mine & Peter’s)

Arrived & Eye Was w/out Gifts.

Lee & His Longtime Wife

Were Separated In The Dream

& Were Having XMiss Separately.

Eye Was Attempting 2 Set Up

Little Ornamental Christmas Trees

Also In The Back of The House

For Lee & Howard

As Supposed Presents

While The Lioness Was Still Outside.

Howard Had The Doors Open

Throughout The House

In Order 2 Encourage

The Lioness 2 Come Back In

As Eye Said, ” If The Doors R Open

That’s The End of Hilbert –“

(Our Jack Russell From 1992)

Finally The Lioness Came Back In

& Lay Along The Threshold

of The Back Door

Whereupon There Was A Loud Knock

& Nobody Knew Who Was There

Butt Somebody Sang Out:

“DON’T STEP ON THE LION!”

& The Door Burst Open

& It Was An Electrician

Who Tripped Over The Lioness

& Dropped A Chandelier

& Broke It w/ Scattered Glass

& Eye Cried Out

“DON’T STEP ON THE GLASS!”

Thinking of The Lion’s Vulnerability.

Eye Started Cleaning Up The Glass

w/ The Electrician

(Who Was From Halifax)

Explaining 2 Him

That The Pet Lion Was Friendly

Butt Unpredictable.

There Was Also A Tall, Dark-haired Guy

Who Eye Was Romantically Interested In

Until Eye Happened 2 See His Penis

& It Was A Shrunken Knob

Much Like 1

Eye Had Been Disappointed By

Months Earlier

& Said 2 Someone

It Wasn’t Even 1 Step Above

The Inadequate Penis

of M(eye) Prior Engagement.

NOTE: Eye Had Exclaimed Before

The Lioness Had Gotten Out

That Eye Loved (Him) — The Lioness

& Felt That Eye Was Saying That

@ Least 2 Try 2 Stay Friendly w/ It.

The Funny Dream Ended w/ Me Serving

A Pork Chop 2 The Lioness

Whom Eye Felt All Along Was A He

Rather Than A She.

Several Years Ago

Eye Touched 2 Beings

Constructed of Light

tiny, precious

extremely delicate —

& Lead Them Down

Their Starry Path

2 Here

Let’s Get This Straight

September 29, 2023

There R Only 2 Things

Eye Miss From M(eye) Marriage

2 Dr Blair:

Sex @ Night

& Coffee In The Morning

Descent Into Pink?

September 27, 2023

Tonight When Eye Left

M(eye) Computer Course & Drove

Past Wilson’s

The Sun Was The Silver Orb

Such As Eye Had Never Seen

& As Eye Stopped @ The Library

2 Order “Spiritual Encounters

w/ Unusual Light Phenomena”

The Sun Sank

Behind Some Trees

2 Re-emerge

As Eye Drove

Across The Causeway

Tinted By Then Less Than Silver

Perhaps On Its Way 2 Turning Pink

Butt Turn Pink It Did Not —

Instead The Unfamiliar Ball

Eye Had Followed

Along The West Side

of Cape Sable Island

Then Along South Side

(Where Eye Lost Sight of It)

& Along 2 The Turn

Onto The Hawk Road

(Where Eye Expected 2 Find It) —

Said Silver Orb

Was Nowhere

2 Be Seen

Note On Gully’s Offspring

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost

September 23, 2023

Speckle # 2

Is Pecking Around The Yard

Finding Grubs & Bugs 2 Eat —

His Bleeting Has Subsided

So Eye Don’t Have 2 Worry

About Him

or That Eye’ve Messed Up

The Natural Balance of His Life

or Anybody Else’s…

M(eye) Soldier

Eye Saw Orion

In The Dawning Sky

& Came Inside 2 Write:

His Shoulders Strong

2 Be Sure —

His Sword 2 M(eye) Delight

Eye Have M(eye) Guard

Eye Love Him So

Come Hell or Water Bold

He Is M(eye) Companion

In Every Right

Until M(eye) Death

Grows Old

Hotel Lamentation

However Many Nights We Had

@ The Atlantica Hotel In Halifax

For Dr Blair 2 Get Work Done

On His Bionic Teeth —

However Many Nights We Had

Eye Do Not Remember The Rooms

Nor The Beds —

Eye Remember Only

The Dining Hall’s Rotundra

Overlooking Endless Traffic

& The Shiraz —

It Must Have Been The Shiraz

M(eye) Red Rugs

Eye Still Have M(eye) Japanese Friend

In The Bronx

Who Remembers

M(eye) Red Rugs:

Hilen Remembers How Eye Paid For Them 

How A Japanese Man Named Yoshi

(From The Japanese Piano Bar

Where Hilen Played Piano)

Gave Me $2000 Toward M(eye) Art Project:

Bracelet For The Statue of Liberty

Then 1 Night

w/ Cheque In Hand

Eye Happened 2 Glance The Eternal Glow

of A Red Chinese Rug

Hanging Lit In A Manhattan

Show Room Window.

M(eye) Heart Melted.

Lured In

By The Rug Dealer’s Woolen Wares

Eye Was Sold TWO Hand-carved Rugs —

An Area Rug Paired

w/ The Rich Red From The Window —

& Had Them Delivered

2 M(eye) Studio Apartment

On St. Mark’s Place

Where Eye Slept On The Floor

In A Slippery Sleeping Bag.