Joanna Gilman Hyde

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Tag: existence

INFECTION

The Tomato-coloured Couch 5:30pm

Hunter has a throat infection

so I went to The  Little Store

to try and find Neo Citron

and as I was leaving

found instead A Charming Child

Who tilted His Head to one side

and gave Me a lilting “Hello”

MOTIVATION

The Hawk West Desk Window 10:44am

I pulled up The Evening Blind

on Today’s Morning

on A Big White Truck

passing Our Living Room Window

showing Me I am On Track

I will not lie in bed

I will row on My Rowing Machine

take A Shower

and make Eggplant Parmesan

SILVER EVOCATION

The Hawk Dining Room 1:05

The Fog Clouds are shifting rapidly Right to Left

South To North

as I look out My Dining Room Window

determined to capture Their Silver Evocation

of the higher clouds

to capture Them

speeding away from the upper, more stationary

grey silhouettes

of backlit Silver

The Lower Fog Clouds are moving in streaks today

rather than the bulbous blotches

of yesterday

as I look They’re getting thinner, thinner

revealing more & more Silver cloud behind

Oh there They go!

and there They’ve left the magnificent skyscape

brimming with molten undulations

of My Precious Metal

FOG CLOUDS

The Hawk Portico 3:15pm

I can hear The Waves

in one direction

& watch Them in another

The Fog Clouds dissipate

underneath a patterned sky

& I am momentarily in The sun

TRANSITION

October 14, 2013 The Hawk Queen Bed 10:24pm

She showed Us Her Gift Card Collection:

Tim Horton’s, American Eagle, NSLC

(Nova Scotia Liquor Commission)

She said Good-night

on the eve of Her Adult-hood

& closed Her Bedroom Door

on Teenage-hood

Childhood

& Infancy

She took a dark fluffy cat with Her

to sleep

She plans to be up @ 6:00am

to leave @ 6:45 to drive

three hours to Her First Class

The New Nineteen-year-old

 

OPEN AIR

The Hawk Queen Bed 12:10am

I can hear The Open Air

breathing through Our Bathroom Window

— Its off The Bedroom —

I can go to sleep

dreaming of The Waves

& My established friendship

with The Night

I LIVE HEAR

The Hawk Deck 8:57am

I can stand on My Deck

in the faint morning sun

to hear the waves more audibly

than usual —

I can hear the chickadees calling

briefly

I am so grateful

(but You know that already)

TIME NOTATION

The Hawk Queen Bed 10:22pm

He sees Me as I see Myself

He knows Me as I know My Self

He is My Mirror Image

I will follow Him forever

as He has followed Me

since The Dawn of Time

EAST WINDOW

The Hawk Corner Room 6:52pm

We have A Picture Window in Our House

on The East Side upstairs

overlooking The Atlantic by a 180 degree expanse

across ocean, light houses and sky —

without This Opening I would be cut off

from Those Eastern pinks of Sun

setting behind Me

MY WHITE TRUCKS

The Tomato-coloured Couch 5:55pm

White Trucks are mechanical Angels of Mercy

I saw One driving out of the polling station today

after voting for My Liberal MLA

(Member of The Provincial Legislative Assembly)

Whom My Husband says is Pro-Life