The Tomato-coloured Couch 4:20pm
EYE sit in the middle
of M(EYE) Tomato-coloured Couch
cross-legged in Black
Negligee & Bullet-proof Vest
M(EYE) most expensive earrings
dangle to M(EYE) jaw line
M(EYE) hands are decked with M(EYE) Question Mark
Ring on M(EYE) left middle finger
& M(EYE) right cascades with the shimmer
of M(EYE) Eternity
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 3:04pm
EYE AM SWEET
Jesus
in M(EYE) BRAND NEW
BULLET-PROOF VEST
over
My Black Negligee
over
My Black Lace Bra
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 2:30pm
EYE’ve got M(EYE) BULLET-
PROOF
vest — It’s Black
cinched in @ the waist
over M(EYE) grey ribbed sweater
EYE AM BLACK JESUS
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:46am
M(EYE) House
is a caldron
of animated emphasis
of emphatic declarations
aimed @ One Husband
brought down for His Doctorly Ways
upheld for His Strength
as a Man
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 3:40pm
Today Is A Great Day —
I am dressed in My Daughter’s Clothes
& I have seen The Sacred Picture
of A Woman Beaming
with Her Arm around The Waist
of The Love of Her Life
The Hawk Queen Bed 7:05pm
EYE slipped The Purple Evening
Dress
V – front
into Its Black Zippered
garment bag
& zipped the zippered
Satin Lips
over My Black-stockinged
Legs
deep inside
My Closet
Highway 103, NS
both batches of birds
migrate in V formation
over the sun roof
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 3:47pm
My Pickled Husband
has just ordered Me
a bulletproof vest
off the internet —
I can go anywhere
now
I am ready
& set
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 2:22pm
Would I get back
My Exuberance
if I donned My Black Oprah Dress
& loaded up My Wrists with Silver?
Would I tramp around
the house
belting out declarations — some
original — some not
to My Captive Audience of One:
My Despairing Husband
Would I feel the heady height
of My loquacious
Self?
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 1:25pm
With My Right Fist
I will pummel The Truth
of Our Existence
into The Minds
& Hearts
of Men, Women, Children
until They all decide
together
to see
the diabolical workings
of Our History
pounded into Our Present —
laid out to jump
into Our Future
of The Sublime
Joanna Gilman Hyde 