The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 10:05am
At Jordan Bay
My Grandmother
always watched The Ocean
dazzling —
She would tell Me
about The Diamonds
and Stars
and She would
allow Me to
relish Them and to
revel in Them
The Tomato-coloured Couch 5:30pm
I have had a love affair
with a diamond ring —
well, with its Inclusion —
I nestled It, The Pale Arrow
in the crook of My Arm
for weeks it seemed
until today when I put it, the ring
back in its blue box
for that day
when I need again
to feel perfection
symbolized in The Distorted Gleam
The Hawk Kitchen 8:56pm
I’mma keepin’ M’Diamond
wiv Its Cloudy Arrow
I know It’s Mine
for All My Time
I know which side It fits
& I Love It like
It’s goin’ outta style
*Joy Division — Ian Curtis (1979)
Joanna Gilman Hyde 