Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

Tag: gold

HE’S A STAR MAN!

The Hawk Shower 10:22am

Oh My God

He’s A Star Man

He’s A Star Man

Oh My God

Oh My God

He’s A Star Man!

NEXT DAY

The Hawk Queen Bed 2:22pm

In Bed in lavish purple

bedding & robe & calico cat

window open to the spring

I sit This Afternoon

with My Worn Out Husband

on the remnants

of a stomach bug, He & I

reading financial reports

off His Nexus Tablet

& planning how He can keep

working, rowing

& feeding the cats

I HAVE A MESSAGE

The Hawk Family Room 4:52pm

I Have A Message

fuelled by One Blonde Beer

sitting in A Brown Leather Swivel Chair

looking South Out A Double Window —

My Husband lists the unavailability

of Silver

by domestic bullion dealers

My Message Is:  Gather Your Wits

buy what You can of Grain

& Gold

& hold onto Your Children, Your House

Your Guiding Beliefs

let not the government

break down Your Door

FOR THE GIRL WHO HAS EVERYTHING

The Hawk Living Room 3:15pm

Here, take This Silver-bricked

Highway

out to Your Island

take Your Golden-haired Daughter

out to Her Corral

take Your Silver-haired Husband

out of His Office

fly Your Little Man

over the scrub spruce

out to Your Paradisical Beach

I HAVE A PLAN

The Hawk Queen Bed 10:34pm

My Master Plan is to be The Star

Super like no other

so that all I touch will turn to Silver

& all I own to Gold

I will dress My Self as I do now

with careful thought & pride

& live upon My Cans of Soup

My Flame Flung Far & Wide

HOT FLASH

The Hawk West Desk Window 10:25am

I have turned toward The East

with The Sun Behind

and The Moon Ahead

toward The Women Who Wear

Gold On Their Wrists

Silver In Their Hair

In Societies Where They Are Allowed

to put Personal Wealth

on display

in order to Hold It

THE BIONIC WOMAN

The Hawk Basement approx. 10:00am

One Half Of Me Is Gold

— The Other Silver —

I Am The Bionic Woman

Watch Me Turn

Watch Me Switch

Can You Guess

Which Is Witch?

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SILVER & GOLD

The Hawk West Desk Window 8:35am

Silver makes All The Difference —

It holds Reflected Light — You Can See

Your Self in Its gleaming surface

like The Moon

unrubbed It is neglected

stood upon It is sacred

Gold holds no such properties —

merely an internal glow

raging like The Sun

coveted by Men

We Are In The Silver Era

SKY?

The Tomato-coloured Couch 9:21pm

I wonder if I can wring out

a poem about A Sky

I didn’t see

Oh — I saw The Front of It

with Its opulent Gold

hiding the sun —

but the back of It went uninspected

& only later to be imagined

with Its pale pinks, lavender

& clouds of thinning Silver

UNPOSSESSED

The Hawk West Desk Window 11:12am

The Only Remnants

of My Black Possessions

are This Journal, My Pen

My Black Cat Astro

& One Pair of Jet Bead Earrings

Given To Me

By My Mother