Joanna Gilman Hyde

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Tag: Black Jesus

THE FIGURE OF FAME

The Tomato-coloured Couch 4:20pm

EYE sit in the middle

of M(EYE) Tomato-coloured Couch

cross-legged in Black

Negligee & Bullet-proof Vest

M(EYE) most expensive earrings

dangle to M(EYE) jaw line

M(EYE) hands are decked with M(EYE) Question Mark

Ring on M(EYE) left middle finger

& M(EYE) right cascades with the shimmer

of M(EYE) Eternity

EYE AM

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 3:04pm

EYE AM SWEET

Jesus

in M(EYE) BRAND NEW

BULLET-PROOF VEST

over

My Black Negligee

over

My Black Lace Bra

ARMOUR

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 2:30pm

EYE’ve got M(EYE) BULLET-

PROOF

vest — It’s Black

cinched in @ the waist

over M(EYE) grey ribbed sweater

EYE AM BLACK JESUS

MS. MESSIAH

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:46am

M(EYE) House

is a caldron

of animated emphasis

of emphatic declarations

aimed @ One Husband

brought down for His Doctorly Ways

upheld for His Strength

as a Man

EYE SAW YOUR NAME IN THE STARS

The Hawk Queen Bed 7:05pm

EYE slipped The Purple Evening

Dress

V – front

into Its Black Zippered

garment bag

& zipped the zippered

Satin Lips

over My Black-stockinged

Legs

deep inside

My Closet

NOTEBOOK ENTRIES 2&3

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:13am

Out of

the little dark

hospital room

of 22 years

ago,

sprung

WITCH

Doctor?

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:30am

Out of The Clear

Blue Air I saw

2 Silver Birds, flying

in tandem, & watched

Them across the sky

until They

disappeared

TRACKING MY BULLETPROOF VEST

Date/Time
Activity Location
11/02/2015 – Monday
5:11 am Shipment information sent to FedEx
1:32 pm Picked up LEEDS GB
3:00 pm Left FedEx origin facility LEEDS GB
6:17 pm In transit MANCHESTER GB
7:03 pm In transit MANCHESTER GB
9:46 pm Arrived at FedEx location ROISSY CHARLES DE GAULLE CEDEX FR
11/03/2015 – Tuesday
12:34 am In transit ROISSY CHARLES DE GAULLE CEDEX FR
4:02 am Departed FedEx location ROISSY CHARLES DE GAULLE CEDEX FR
4:05 am In transit ROISSY CHARLES DE GAULLE CEDEX FR
5:45 am Arrived at FedEx location NEWARK, NJ

BULLETPROOF VEST

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 3:47pm

My Pickled Husband

has just ordered Me

a bulletproof vest

off the internet —

I can go anywhere

now

I am ready

& set

MISTRESS OF EXPRESSION

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 2:22pm

Would I get back

My Exuberance

if I donned My Black Oprah Dress

& loaded up My Wrists with Silver?

Would I tramp around

the house

belting out declarations — some

original — some not

to My Captive Audience of One:

My Despairing Husband

Would I feel the heady height

of My loquacious

Self?

ORANGE IS THE COLOUR OF THE NIGHT

The Hawk Queen Bed 11:00am

I spoke with sordid gusto

I slobbered

though clearly I chided

My Docile Husband —

“What do We CELEBRATE

on this Planet?!

What do We CELEBRATE?

We CELEBRATE

S — E — X

That’s why We’re here!!”

“CARROTS ARE PENISES

& PUMPKINS ARE CUNTS”

Note:

I go padding down the hall

every morning

in My Cranberry Slippers

to serve My Husband

His Oatmeal & Raisins