Joanna Gilman Hyde

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Tag: Nova Scotia

VENTURE

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 2:50pm

EYE will put M(EYE) Self

on The Edge of Calamity

handing out M(EYE) cans of soup

gathering up M(EYE) Gold of Humanity

counting up M(EYE) Alien Silver

& nay praying

for Our Ultimate

Collapse

of Faith

ANYBODY CAN STAND WHERE I AM

The Hawk Living Room 12:50pm

When I see

My Portrait

in the glass of My Son’s shot

of The Ceiling Lights

in a Montreal subway station

I see The Rays coming

out of My Head

& I see M(EYE) X Miss Tree

in the shimmering distance

of The Tunnel

HE COMETH

The Hawk Dining Room 9:44am

When I see The Silver

Light Light Light

on The Atlantic Shore

I know that I am

Safe Safe Safe

from early morning anxiety

involving letting Cats

in & out

Five Five Five

Times

THE YEAR OF THE MONKEY

The Tomato-coloured Couch 4:38pm

When I saw

My Shower of Silver Lights

I saw The Figure of Christ

across from Me

I saw that Christ

was enmeshed

with The Light

& I cannot

be contained

I cannot be contained

I cannot

be contained

PEACH LIGHT

The Hawk Dining Room 8:00am

There’s a crack

in The Clouds

letting in The Golden Peach

Light of The Sun

above My Neighbour’s Rooftop

and as I write

The Gleam of The Orb

pushes through

to create an arc

on The Wall

to My Back

OH THOSE DIAGONAL RAYS!

The Hawk Dining Room 9:30am

The Sky separates

Its Self

at My Horizon Line —

raining wisps of snow

along Its downward edge

— sun breaks through

of course —

to drench the sea

in My Usual

Silver

DAVID

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 9:41am

Yesterday I was compelled to listen

to David Bowie’s

“I Am A Black Star”

EYE got creeped out

& then He

Died

ROWING BREAK

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 11:05am

The Universe

is A Giant Kitty Box

with The Wild Stars

scattered on Our Floor

at The Foot of Our Basement Stairs

— The Cats Who use It

are God

& Those Who Clean It —

Christ

I PULLED DOWN A LITTLE CHUNK OF SKY & GAVE IT TO MY SELF

The Hawk Queen Bed, January 8,11:04pm

There’s a New God

On The Block —

She’s outdone, beaten up

The Old Guy

with Her Hair, Dark

in a bun — orange blossom

at Her Ear —

She sits on My Right Shoulder

& tells Me with Her Voice So Dear:

“You Know The Meaning of Life

So You Are A Star —

So Go To Sleep”

GLITTER

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 5:55pm

God has The Soul of Space

in which to play Her Hand

from Her Fingertips

She can spill & spread

Her Trillions & Trillions of Suns

to let the fertile Ones out —

Those very rare seeds

spawning new worlds

across the countless miles

of Grace