The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:09am
The Sky is heavy blue
with cloud —
The Sea the colour of plasticine
Rudy’s Head sits veiled in The Living Room
unseen
while He’s back in hospital
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:38pm
I understand the comfort
of holding & hugging
A 22lb Black Cat
on My Lap — I can hug Him
& leak out My Heart
into Him
& not worry about
being a burden
The Hawk Exercise Room 12:43pm
The Colossal Blades from
My Giant Sculpture
“Peaches & Blades”
filling the lobby of Cooper Union’s
4th floor
will reappear
in “M(EYE) BODY”
as the radiating silver
on either side
of M(EYE) Exclamation
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:55am
The Sea is a swath of Silver
as I have drunk from
My Glass of Life
I am awake now
with the kettle on
harboring little strife
Eliza’s Room 9:33pm
EYE sleep tonight
beneath the accouterments
of fame
surrounding the lavender corner
of My Daughter’s outgrown
room
it’s tiny — the room
the fame is huge
delineated by My Survival
of photos stretched out and hung
with congratulatory letters from New York City’s Former Mayor Ed Koch
and New Jersey’s Former Governor Thomas H. Kean
for My Painting Self Organizing Galaxy
which spawned 9/11
The Hawk Basement 10:00am
EYE don’t want anything
to out shine M(EYE) Black Star —
when I pour out the swampy green
I want it to haze into
the background
I want My Star in The Center
with ample usage
of radiating
silver
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:04am
A thin streak of yellow
lines the horizon
My Husband is sick
& doesn’t want coffee
I’ve poured My Self a cup of tea
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 4:15pm
will be emblazoned
with underlining of Red
A Black Exclamation Mark
with The Point
a star
of glitter
against a dripping Swamp Green
from paint
in M(EYE) Basement
Eliza’s Room 9:30pm
I re-lit the night light
in My Daughter’s Bathroom
merely by taking it out of its plug
which apparently wasn’t working —
when I put the plastic fixture back in
EYE had Light
The Tomato-coloured Couch 12:22pm
After My Shower
I reached for A Star
floating mid-way
between My Cathedral Ceiling
& The Damnable Floor
I jumped with My Left Arm up
scared a cat
& missed
& had to resort
to the dust
mop
Joanna Gilman Hyde 