The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 9:22am
EYE woke this morning
to a sky of white
in the aftermath
of seeing My Halo
for most of yesterday
— I feel worn out
in My Heavy Grey Robe
with the radio overlapping
My Husband’s soccer
“and the shadow of the day
will embrace the world in grey –“*
Linkin Park
Clyde River, Nova Scotia 2:22pm
I pulled only half-way
off the road on Cape Island
to watch the biggest cloud
of Starlings I had ever seen –
they swooped, as a blanket
over my car & billowed
into a bare tree, decking it
with their blackness, leaf-like
& when they exploded
like fireworks
to mat themselves on overhead wires
I was entranced
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 9:22am
A Beam Of Silver
Strikes The Ocean
Beyond Our Neighbours’ Yellow House
“And The Reason Is You”
Strikes Me From The Radio
The Hawk Dining Room 7:56am
The Sun Streams
Its Way Down
To The Ocean
In Trapezoidal Sections
Through The Mottled
Water-colour Sky
The Hawk Laundry Room 9:36am
EYE’ve swept up another Galaxy
with both M(EYE) Hands
against the white background
of M(EYE) dryer top
It consisted, EYE guess
of lint & cat hairs
& maybe a grain or two of sand
from Somebody’s Old Beach Towel
The Hawk Queen Bed 7:55am
Last Night EYE had a heated
discussion
with M(EYE) Husband
as to whether EYE am
The Messiah —
He said that is a Jewish concept
& that We are all
The Second Coming of Christ —
so that’s what EYE’m sticking to —
The Second Coming of Christ
like EYE was told —
like EYE told M(EYE) Self
under M(EYE) Shower of Lights
The Hawk Kitchen 8:15am
Who was That Man
I kissed in My Dream?
He was blonde with
an English accent —
He was a counsellor
I had an appointment with
(which I missed)
As We were deciding to end the professional relationship
He offered Me
His Burning Mentholated Cigarette
*Brian Swann, Professor of Poetry, The Cooper Union
The Hawk Kitchen 6:00pm
To the sound of Twelve Gongs of Midnight
Cinderella had to flee The Arms
of Her Prince
losing Her Gown, Her Carriage, Her Horses
& a Tiny Glass Slipper which remained
intact
The Prince found The Tiny Glass Slipper
found Cinderella
& accepted Her, dressed or undressed
as The Woman of His Heart
Timeless
Joanna Gilman Hyde 