Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

Tag: mythology of christmas

I’M ON ALERT

The Hawk Corner Room, Home of My Globe 8:11pm

I have landed on Alert

True North

to make My Proclamation

that santa claus is Poison —

santa & his elves & raindeer

& mrs clause too

need to be wiped off

The Face of This Planet —

This Planet which is My Face

I will dedicate My Life

to The Restoration

of Children’s Minds

FROM THE COUCH OF JOANNA

I would have broken Communion

with You with Your Name

on a maple-frosted cookie

on sale from No Frills

up in My Dark-creviced Bedroom

away from My Family —

I would have broken through

The Lie of Christmas symbolized

as The Literal Snow Job

fertility rite within the broken wreath — egg

with a lying elf responsible

for any materialistic answer

coming — ejaculating

down The Vagina Chimney

to lay out His Wares

at a triangular bush with stars

— The Heavens —

all over It

I would have broken through

The Myth of Our Making

with You

on a cookie

but I was

ashamed