Joanna Gilman Hyde

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Tag: existence

DETERMINISM

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 1:34pm

Seeing M(EYE) Halo

I Killed A Flying Insect —

Was I Wrong Or Right?

THE NEW PSYCHIATRIST

The Hawk Kitchen 5:09pm

After 22 years I might as well

admit to “having a mental illness”

yes — mental illness

with the name “Bi-polar” given to Me

by today’s very nice Doctor

from the Caribbean

— A Woman Who, taking thought, pronounced Me

“talented and complicated”

and smiled Her Very Nice Smile

and wrote out Her Prescription

SNOW CLOUDS

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 4:55pm

The newness of snow

adheres to Our Scrub Spruce

now illuminated by a setting sun

The Sky is full

of clouds of grace

set too by the light

going deeper, fuller, bluer

over slate-grey

ocean

engulfed by clouds

of weight

STAR-STEPPIN

The Hawk Queen Bed 9:47am

When I paint My Staircase

glossy black

to lead up to My Canvas

titled “I Poured Out

My Black Heart”

I will be laying

the foundation

of sky on steps

to highlight the wafting

cat hair galaxies

stray stars

of dust

& every trace

of human

VENTURE

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 2:50pm

EYE will put M(EYE) Self

on The Edge of Calamity

handing out M(EYE) cans of soup

gathering up M(EYE) Gold of Humanity

counting up M(EYE) Alien Silver

& nay praying

for Our Ultimate

Collapse

of Faith

HE COMETH

The Hawk Dining Room 9:44am

When I see The Silver

Light Light Light

on The Atlantic Shore

I know that I am

Safe Safe Safe

from early morning anxiety

involving letting Cats

in & out

Five Five Five

Times

THE YEAR OF THE MONKEY

The Tomato-coloured Couch 4:38pm

When I saw

My Shower of Silver Lights

I saw The Figure of Christ

across from Me

I saw that Christ

was enmeshed

with The Light

& I cannot

be contained

I cannot be contained

I cannot

be contained

PEACH LIGHT

The Hawk Dining Room 8:00am

There’s a crack

in The Clouds

letting in The Golden Peach

Light of The Sun

above My Neighbour’s Rooftop

and as I write

The Gleam of The Orb

pushes through

to create an arc

on The Wall

to My Back

OH THOSE DIAGONAL RAYS!

The Hawk Dining Room 9:30am

The Sky separates

Its Self

at My Horizon Line —

raining wisps of snow

along Its downward edge

— sun breaks through

of course —

to drench the sea

in My Usual

Silver

DAVID

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 9:41am

Yesterday I was compelled to listen

to David Bowie’s

“I Am A Black Star”

EYE got creeped out

& then He

Died