Joanna Gilman Hyde

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ORION

The Hawk Kitchen 7:45pm

Tonight when I went out in The Dark

to scrape a dinner plate for The Crows

I heard the distinct honking of geese

somewhere below the constellation of Orion

— the only constellation I recognize

beside The Big Dipper —

Oh, I didn’t tell You —

a few days ago — no, December 22nd —

I met one of the nurses from The Psych Unit

in the bakery section of MY Sobey’s

— it was One Who doled out bedtime pills —

She could barely say hello

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THE HAWK HALLWAY 12:30pm

Wind whistles through the cracks

at My Side Door

telling Me relentlessly

to stop living My Life

in This Mumbo Jumbo Fashion

of signifying moments

according to the alignment

of 22

like why should I keep

a New Year’s Resolution

to row 22 Minutes on My C2

when I wake up with a dream

of The Silver-Black Crow

dressed in a plaid shirt

& Me in a grey coat

hugging each other?

CAWS

The Tomato-coloured Couch 5:22pm

I Am The Silver-Black Crow

Eating My Heart Out

Pecking My Skull

“Let Me Out”

“Let Me Out”

Curl Up My Sleek Feathers

Gather My Dark Wings Together

Like Hands In Prayer

“Away With Me”

“Away”

CONSUMPTION 2

The Hawk Kitchen 10:22am

SHARP SILVER-BLACK CROW

NIBBLES MY WHITE HEART NIGHTLY

STABS MY HEAD DAILY

THE HEART

The Hawk Kitchen 4:55pm

I Have Thrown The Heart Of Humanity

Out To The Crow

Of My Desire

He’s Not Black But Silver

He Has Swooped Down

Into My Heart

To Eat The Remains

Of Me

MY CHRIST WISH

The Tomato-coloured Couch 2:22pm

I want to draw out

Humanity’s Heart

Feed It to The Black Crows

Hungry

flying against the wind

outside My Kitchen Glass Doors

I want to sit underneath My Tree

My Scraggly Apple

out in My Pro-life Underwear

in snow flurries

Come Inside

to know the warmth

of My Living Room

with Eliza’s Long-stemmed Coral Roses

clipped & vased

222 HAIKU

The Hawk Deck 10:22am

PARTY OF ONE, TWO

WILL I GET A BLOODY NOSE?

SCRAGGLY APPLE KNOWS

EMERGENCY

DVD will you meet me @ Barrington Sobey’s cart corral

tomorrow at 2:22 pm 

I now know why you stood

at the foot of My Hospital Bed

DOOMSDAY HAIKU

The Hawk Kitchen 2:22pm

INTRODUCING NEW

DISCIPLINE FOR HUNGRY FAITH:

OLD BREAD FED TO CROWS