The Hawk Deck 11:48am
My Brother had a Magic Pendant —
have I written of It before?
He asked It Yes or No
Questions
& told His Fortune
but We don’t have It now —
It was Our Mother’s —
heavy hand-wrought Silver
with A Bird on one side
Rose on the other
The Hawk Kitchen 6:50pm
I remember those dirty-necked boys
— what they tried with me —
the one in 4th grade
who put dimes in my desk
until he confessed
& breathed his lips
across my neck —
the one on my father’s farm
who shifted in the bed
of an old pick up
to the left of me on an extracted truck seat
under a discarded printed comforter
I distinctly remember —
he tried nuzzling me:
“What are you doing?”
“Giving you a hickey.”
“What? — I’m only eleven!”
The Tomato-coloured Couch 7:47pm
In My Royal Purple Velour Blazer
by Vince Cumoto, size 8
My Ultra Skinny Simon Chang
Black Denim Leggings, size 8
My College Made In Canada
Black Ankle Boots, size 8
With My Mother’s Island House Sale Present
to My Self:
My BIRK’S Sterling Esty Swirl Bangle
On My Left Forearm
With My BIRK’S Gold Dagger in My Right Fist
I Will Defend My Silver Shower
To The Death
The Hawk Basement 11:22am
I have ULTRAVISION
standing in My Packed-up Basement
Packed-up for Library renovations
here I have The Computer
I named The Hulk
am I off track?
Oh! ULTRAVISION is green!
Indian Ring Neck Parrot Green
glowing on the obsolete VCR
Joanna Gilman Hyde 