Joanna Gilman Hyde

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Tag: poetry

SINK SPUTTER

The Hawk En Suite Bath 1:32pm

There’s A Crab Nebula

on My Silver

Bathroom Faucet —

EYE think

I’ll

leave

IT

PICTURE THIS

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 10:45am

EYE am out from under

the seduction of lavender sheets

and the purple quilt

of My Daughter’s Room —

with the window open to hear

the birds and the waves —

all I wanted to do yesterday

was give My Children’s Father

a great big hug

and burst into tears

but this morning My Hunter made the coffee

while I switched beds

and decided to row

LATE SUN

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:13pm

I went to sleep

how many nights?

in My Summer Child’s Room

in Jordan Bay, Nova Scotia

the oldest child of a single mother

from the sixties —

in that little room at the head of the stairs

I saw The Sun against

My Far Wall

and  I tried to close the curtains

but The Light came in

anyway and I

went to sleep

AT EVA’S

Port Clyde, NS 4:18pm

secured on My Left Hand

by the diamonds of My Current

Husband

I am in the middle

on My Right I’m decked

by the self-bought bands of My Spiritual

Lover

and today I have spoken to

My First Husband

The Father Of My 2.4 Children

after He appeared in This Morning’s

Dream

just before

I woke up

FATALISM

The Hawk TV Room 11:45am

M(EYE) BATHROBE

has fallen into an

artistic construction

!&!

if I put IT back on

I will never have that

sculpture again!

SILVER ROW

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 10:05am

EYE see The Silver

inside The April Snow

EYE see The Glimmer

abreast The Water

as EYE break

through M(EYE) Row

ENORMITY

The Hawk Kitchen 1:11pm

When EYE sit down to pee

EYE am a giant

on a mountain —

EYE can guzzle orange

Gatorade Perform

with Its metal grey label

in one go

MORNING SUSTENANCE

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:45am

EYE eat M(EYE) cereal

before The Silver Sea

EYE see The Maverick*

before M(EYE) EYES

as The One Who will take

M(EYE) Painting**

to The Sk(EYE)s

*Donald J. Trump

** Self Organizing Galaxy

SHOW & TELL

The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 11:02am

EYE have to sell

M(EYE) Mental Health

to  M(EYE) New Psychiatrist:

nails done

HYDE INQUIRY pant suit

file folder of photos

showing sculpted heads

Certificate of Congratulations

from Concept 2 Rowing

New Painting started on basement floor

EYE have to sell

M(EYE) Self

CONVICTION

The Hawk West Desk Window 10:46am

I am convinced

that God is Woman —

the more I clean My House

or try to —

the more galaxies I create

the more black holes I fill

& the more germs

rather than eliminate

I choose to live with —

I am convinced