The Hawk West Desk Window 5:25pm
I learned the word “Sanctuary”
from My Mother
Who had it written
on a weathered shingle
nailed to a tree along
the trail We blazed
to The North East Bluff
of McNutt’s Island —
She wrote a passage below
that word, which,
if My Brother were alive
He would remember
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:20am
My Brother used to cry
in His Crib
in Jordan Bay
and My Mother would not
go to Him
Her Mother got upset
and told Her She was wrong
but She would not listen
and raised a child
Who was afraid of swimming
Who covered knot holes
in His Island Bedroom Panelling
with masking tape
because He saw in the fluid knots
scary creatures
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 11:02am
EYE have to sell
M(EYE) Mental Health
to M(EYE) New Psychiatrist:
nails done
HYDE INQUIRY pant suit
file folder of photos
showing sculpted heads
Certificate of Congratulations
from Concept 2 Rowing
New Painting started on basement floor
EYE have to sell
M(EYE) Self
October 18, The Hawk Living Room 6:30pm
When I hit
20,001,100 metres
on My 10 year-old Concept 2 indoor rower
I raised My Arms
in triumph
& Hunter snapped a picture
forever declaring in that frame
that I was Howard
Interview with Steve Murphy of CTV Atlantic News, December 2010
The Tomato-coloured Couch 7:33pm
I was eating My Canned Soup tonight
when I realized
I can’t just pick up the phone
& call My Brother Howard —
He’s Not There — Or Here
He was killed, accidentally
on a jail-house floor
five-and-a-half years ago
prompting The 3-year Hyde Inquiry
resulting in Our Two Copies
of The 460-page Judge’s Decision titled:
Report of The Fatality Inquiry
Into The Death Of Howard Hyde
shelved in Hunter’s New Library
During My Brother’s Fatality Inquiry
I bought a silk dress suit
—Armani size 8 made in Italy–
–It Was The Colour Of Moonlight–
I thought a Doctor’s Wife
should have Such A Suit:
I paid Today’s Value
of 30 Silver Maple Leafs
& gained 5 pounds
Joanna Gilman Hyde 