Joanna Gilman Hyde

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THE JORDAN BAY HOUSE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_D1wDoiU7s

THIS IS MY SANCTUARY

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 3:20pm

How dare anyone

infiltrate My Sanctuary —

especially The Father of My 2.4 Children —

here to The North I have

the forest of scrub spruce I love

the stone wall upon which I contemplated

smashing My Precious Life Glass —

how dare anyone

even a neighbour I like

enter across My Eastern Ocean View

upon which I gaze with such favour —

out there I can let My Mind

be free — free of past

hurt and negation

free of obstacles to My Happiness

so profound

as I stand before

the shores

of My Intellect

MY KITCHEN

The Tomato-coloured Couch 5:42pm

My Kitchen is a one-woman

affair

with “everything at My Fingertips”

as voiced by a former neighbour

from Shelburne where The Kitchen

was a communal eat-in

in the very old Shakespeare House

The Kitchen in Atlantic

opened out to the rest of the downstairs

& there I never felt It was Mine anyway

“My Kitchen” as I feel here on The Hawk

where I cook giant casseroles

to eat by the week

& where I am happy

even putting away the dishes