Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

Tag: Black Jesus

MOON SCAPE

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:11pm

The Moon Is Gold

Sometimes

When It Rises

But Always Turns

To Silver

High In

The Sky

LAST NIGHT THE MOON WAS ON THE WATER

Eliza’s Room 6:47am

The Sun blankets one wall

before Me in Eliza’s room

It comes through the one window

shaded by a sheer curtain

stamped with purple carnations

I sit up in My Daughter’s Bed

to write of Silver in My Head

on My Mind

I am reaching out to My Ex’s Kind

My Children’s Grandmother et al

giving Them The Hard Sell

BUGS IN M(EYE) BASEMENT

The Tomato-coloured Couch 7:18pm

Tonight I spared The Life

of a 2nd Silver Fish —

The First One I squished

with My Sandal —

#2 was right against The Black Spiral

on My floor-laden painting

probably going after some glitter glue —

but He caught My Attention

at The Center of My Art

so I quietly observed His Behaviour

testing His Awareness of Me —

I put My index finger above Him

as if to squash

but He didn’t budge

so I let Him Be

EYE AM THE SILVER CHRIST

New Year’s Day 2012 The Hawk

I am The Silver Christ

Grey if you like

in This Time of Black & White

I represent The Reconciliation

of Opposites

 

I can Speak

if You Dare To Listen

I can Point

if You Dare To Open

Your Eyes

though I will not blind You

with My Brilliance —

I will fortify You

with Your Own

 

What Could We Accomplish

Out There

in Our Brave Wide World —

would You allow Me

to become a Child again —

with The Child’s brazen curiosity?

 

Could You, Would You

dress Me in Silver —

Dazzling Grey —

or shall I stay

in My Thick Grey Robe?

 

I’m sitting on My Neutral Sofa

with The Atlantic Ocean & Open Sky

both Grey Today

along My Right

& You, All of You —

to My Left

TODAY’S SILVER

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 10:15am

The Silver glitters

on My Ocean Front

like the spears

that crashed down on My Head

all around Me

twenty-three years ago —

it’s taken that long

to spread The Glory

from My Sight

out and around

The World

into Our Hands

CAUGHT

The Tomato-coloured Couch 12:33pm

EYE stood in the doorway

of My Hawk Living Room

and watched a magical wisp of conglomerated

cat hair

float down

into the light

of My Open Palm

and in that moment

I held The Power

of The Universe

ENORMITY

The Hawk Kitchen 1:11pm

When EYE sit down to pee

EYE am a giant

on a mountain —

EYE can guzzle orange

Gatorade Perform

with Its metal grey label

in one go

MY ASTROPITHICUS

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:38pm

I understand the comfort

of holding & hugging

A 22lb Black Cat

on My Lap — I can hug Him

& leak out My Heart

into Him

& not worry about

being a burden

 

RECONCILLIATION OF OPPOSITES

The Hawk Exercise Room 12:43pm

The Colossal Blades from

My Giant Sculpture

“Peaches & Blades”

filling the lobby of Cooper Union’s

4th floor

will reappear

in “M(EYE) BODY”

as the radiating silver

on either side

of M(EYE) Exclamation

M(EYE) BLACK STAR 2

The Hawk Basement 10:00am

EYE don’t want anything

to out shine M(EYE) Black Star —

when I pour out the swampy green

I want it to haze into

the background

I want My Star in The Center

with ample usage

of radiating

silver