Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

Morning Window

My watery moon:

Halo of condensation

seeps through my dawning

This Is Me, Chagall!

Sound-susceptible:

know nothing about music

but know what Eye like

This Afternoon

Eye lay on the beach sand

alone on My Aqua Towel

face down to hear the waves

with The Sun on My Back

and re-named My Painting

“Iridescence”

to

“Nova Scotia”

Gully Speaks

Gully The 3rd is trained

2 speak His Mind:

He says “breakfast”

for a piece

of cheese or bacon

& Eye can see

His Thinking

in His Eyes

Lydia’s Birthday

What’s it worth

to fuck Dr Blair

on the beach —

I am too good for that

and He has another

girlfriend anyway —

so why would Eye want

to get My Crack

full of sand?

Non-convergence

This is My Nova Scotia Now —

with purple sheets and blanket

luffing on the line

I sit out on My Deck to watch

the yellow of new bamboo

along My Hedge

to bet I can no more

put up with the giving of My Self

Wait A Minute

The Shower of Silver Lights

is My Ultimate Protection —

no one can touch Me

in the wrong place

because My Shimmering Spears

are lethal

and I finally know

how to wield Them

Awning, Dawning, Spawning

An Awning We will erect

on the facade of the UFO Museum

in Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia

to exhibit The Model of Self Organizing Galaxy

unfurled, to Dawn upon The World

as the only surviving Artefact

of The Artwork which Spawned

9/11

Our Mermaid’s Tail

20 years ago She was His Patient

when She had an affair

with Dr Blair —

then She lived with Him

for 5 years

then They got married

for 14

and Divorced

to find both in separate places:

Hers on The Hawk

His to South Side

where They meet along the wide-open beaches

connecting

just to drive each other crazy

Scientists Say There Are More Stars In The Universe Than Grains of Sand, But Eye Don’t Believe Them

Today Eye ate a Star —

It came from the beach

on My Fingers as I pulled back

My Drying Hair —

I gritted It with My Teeth

and Oh what mineral sustenance

It did provide