Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

Tag: Nova Scotia

BADGE OF HONOUR

January 21,The Hawk Queen Bed  10:04pm

I have inherited in part

My Drug Regimen

from My Years

of revolving the doors

at the Yarmouth Psychiatric Unit

I have written of the components

here in one of My Black Books

but I will write Them down again

just as an update:

Lithium Carbonate 300mg

Take Two Capsules @ Bedtime

Rosuvastatin Calcium 5mg

Take One Tablet @ Bedtime

Lorazepam 1 mg

Take One Tablet As Needed

(I take one every night)

Olanzapine 10mg

Take One Tablet @ Bedtime

Sertaline HCI 25mg

Take One Capsule Once A Day

Levothyroxine Sodium 50mcg

Take One Tablet Once A Day

Century Silver Multivitamin

Take One Tablet Daily With Meal

 

Dimethylglycine

Anti-aging Dietary Supplement

Take One Capsule Up To 3X Daily

Preferably w/ Food

Recharge Dietary Supplement

Take One To Five Capsules

Vitamin D 1,000 IU 25mcg

Take One Tablet Daily

“All The Time In The World”

The Tomato-coloured Couch 6:30pm

How valuable is My Time

when I have so much of It?

I can get a call

from My Son stocking groceries for His Drive

to Mexico from Vancouver

while I linger in Nova Scotia

with My Shopping Cart in the snack isle

of Sobey’s

an hour before My Manicure Appt.

taking all the time I need

to say Good-bye

A DREAM OF RED

The Hawk Queen Bed 9:03am

I dreamt I was dressed

in a Santa Claus dress

inside a forum of people —

I had the floor

and addressed the crowd

by emphatically stating

“It’s OK for adults to dress up

but Children should never  be

lied to.”

A CRACK IN THE SKY

The Hawk Kitchen 5:01pm

I looked up from cutting

My Potatoes

and took in My Breath

seeing The First Illuminaton

of an otherwise nondescript day

— The Sun had broken through

in The West

and to The East I saw

The Scraggly Apple

and bank of scrub spruce

momentarily

tinged with Gold

MY HOUSE 2

The Hawk Queen Bed 9:18am

I am comfortable

in My House —

It’s not a hotel

with lavish sheets & pillows —

It comes with A Husband

& Seven Cats

lying about with the rain

& Our Second Cups

of Coffee

 

GESTURE

The Hawk Queen Bed 9:57am

Hunter has a sideways glance

I find so endearing

He cocks His Head

to the right

& catches You with His Eye

tilted

for a split second

& looks away & down

having hinted

“Isn’t that so?”

ALERT 2

The Tomato-coloured Couch 5:22pm

My Halo is back

visiting Me for half an hour

while I listened

to world financial forecasts

with Hunter

SILVER BULLET

The Tomato-coloured Couch 4:33pm

I will not be burned

at the stake I will be shot

in The Back again

PETER COOPER* HAIKU

The Tomato-coloured Couch 2:39pm

Giant Foundation

for Me to stand supported

about to topple?

*founder of The Cooper Union for The Advancement of Science and Art

written in honour of Peter Cooper’s birthday February 12, 1791

SKY PORTRAIT

The Hawk Dining Room 8:24am

If I could paint The Sky

this morning

It would be a WOW Sky

blending into The Ocean

with lateral lines of pinkish light

Sky Light

coming through the breaks

in blue-grey clouds

with Golden Wash above