The Hawk Portico 3:45pm
“All She did was sit
out on that front stoop
of Hers
while other women
hung out wash
or brought in groceries
She never seemed to have anyone
over
— Oh She’d talk on the phone
al-right
half The Hawk could hear —
but how could She just sit
like that —
sit & look
at The Ocean?”
The Hawk Portico 3:15pm
I live at A Beach Resort
out on My Portico
with potted palm fronds
to either side
& all The Bird Song
I could cling to
above
the gentle surf
out front
The Hawk Living Room 2:00pm
I am sitting cross-legged
in a column
of light
on My Living Room Floor
I have a cup of tea
within reach
The Radio is on
playing a song
I like
& I Am Dreaming
The Hawk Deck 10:40am
The Scraggly Apple
is a stunted tree
in My Back Yard —
The Only Tree
within Our Boundaries
used by various types of birds
as a deck-side outpost
for viewing and warbling:
I’ve seen Jays, Robins
Grackles, Sparrows, Warblers
and once a small Woodpecker
— anything heavier
would not be given perch
by Its nearly leafless
lichen-covered
branches
The Hawk Kitchen 11:40am
One Day This Week
I grew into A Giant
somewhere between
Prom on Saturday
& Graduation on Thursday —
It was Wednesday
I came out of The Bathroom
Naked
& felt My Shoulders Rise
My Chest Heave
My Legs Muscle Up —
I felt My Self Grow
like Alice In Wonderland
& climbed the stairs DOWN
to go tell Hunter:
“I’m A Giant —
I’m A Giant!”
–
I’m A Giant of A Mother
I’m A Giant of A Wife
I’m A Giant of A Lover
I’m A Giant of My Life
The Hawk Family Room 8:30pm
Today I left My Grey Purse
in a shopping cart
at Sobey’s cart corral
which says
“In The Event of An Emergency
Gather Here”
It could have been a bomb
but My Grey Purse was found
by a Do-Gooder
& returned, unopened, @2:22
for My Husband
to pick up
Joanna Gilman Hyde 