Joanna Gilman Hyde

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Tag: Black Jesus

DRESSED

The Hawk Portico 11:40am

Black Space Kicks /Black Socks

LLBean Ladies Jeans reg. 8

Black Underwear /Push Up Joe Fresh Bra

Black Tan Jay Top  w/applied glitter

3 Silver Chain Bangles /worn left

Wedding /Engagement Diamond Rings /worn left

Quartz Crystal /Diamond Question Mark Ring /worn right

Open Heart Bulova Watch /worn right

Silver Hoop Earrings

Serengeti Eyewear

What’s Happening Now?

Gold & Silver are going Vertical

CHOPPING BLOCK

The Hawk Hallway 9:00am

Today is a beautiful day

for selling an island property

& Hunter awoke with a dream

of David Wilson going sailing

The Hawk Portico 10:30am

Today is Black Friday

& I’ve got an island property

on The Chopping Block

My Realtor is going out to Mc Nutt’s

@ 2 o’clock this sunny high tide

with a prospective buyer from Maine

who’s made His Offer

& paid His Deposit —

He Just Has To See It

THE HAWK WEST DESK WINDOW 6:55pm

I am casting off My Mother’s Houses

I just opened the cupboard door under the sink

here at The Hawk

to dry My Hands on a non-existent towel there

thinking I was in The Shakespeare House

momentarily

but I’m not — that House

went in September 2011

& I am left with The Island

ready to go at the full asking price

by This Friday —

how many dish towel memories

do I have there?

CRASH

The Hawk Portico 3:00pm

The Waves Today Remind Me

of Children Playing

uneven in Their Tumult

sporadic in Their Breaking

Yes, I have read of The Accident

but My Observations

were gathered

beforehand

IN CASE OF EMERGENCY GATHER HERE

November 14th, 10:22pm

Lying in a pool of onlookers

My Eyes are closed

then open to see His Face:

“Live, Damn It, Live!”

He holds the back of My Neck

“I’m afraid I can’t —

I’m afraid –”

“Live For The Moment!”

A Siren erupts

spacing The Crowd

I get jostled onto a stretcher

but He stays with Me

I can hear His Lilting Voice

giving directions

among the alarmed barrage of questions:

Is She Alright ?

Did They Get The Shooter?

He stays in attendance

“DVD — Remember Me!”

to DVD

The Tomato-coloured Couch 1:10pm

I felt Your Little Black Heart

wrap around Me

as I traversed the rainy Sobey’s Parking Lot

My Hair Newly Cut

You grabbed My Black Bullet-proof Vest

shouting “Live, Damn It, Live”

I AM THAT WOMAN

The Hawk Bedroom 2:52pm

I Am That Woman

standing poised

with My Weight on My Left Foot

My Left Hand

gracing My Belly

My Right Hand

holding My Black Book

against A Secure Right Hip

Right Leg and Foot turned tentatively back

contemplating

My Preparedness

THE TOMATO-COLOURED COUCH 10:50am

Today I drove past a black cat

the size & shape of Astro

stretched out dead

on the road into Clark’s Harbour

I wondered if He was loved

as much as I love Astro

I wondered if He could have been hit

because of His Blackness

THE HAWK BEDROOM 3:30pm

I came upstairs

to brush My Teeth

& there was That Silver

this time out on a swath of ocean

to The South West

gleaming for Me

through Silver Clouds

My Power Is In Silver

though I wear

The Colour Black

Silver is from The Moon

Our Eye-Dent-i-Teye

WHAT IS BLACK JESUS?

The Tomato-coloured Couch 1:05pm

Black Jesus is external

no matter how much He tries

to get inside Me

yesterday I turned Him into dialogue

today He’s merely a cloak I wear

in case I want to say something challenging

in public

He’s NOT My Partner

He’s just a persona —

let’s keep it that way