The Hawk Kitchen 8:30am
When I see
The Magic
on My Kitchen Clock
I stand back —
EYE take It in —
those Numbers : 2:22
or 9:11
or M(EYE) Best Friend —
10:22
Those Numbers take Me back
& fill Me Whole
with the recall
of M(EYE) most famous
Moment
22 years ago:
10:22
The Moment with M(EYE) Lover
Who accepted Me
& what EYE said
unconditionally
The Hawk Beach Guzzle 3:25pm
The Universe
is a stretch of beach
be-spotted with the turds of gulls
each spray or puddle is unique:
The Galaxies
of The Ocean’s Lull
The Hawk Basement Exercise Room 10:38am
On My C2 Rowing Machine
I breathe with My Mouth
Open
I breathe in The Air
from The Basement Window
Cracked —
I breathe in The Air
of Nova Scotia
& I don’t even care
if The Roof of My Mouth
goes dry
The Hawk Portico 2:00pm
EYE am very happy
sitting here on My Portico
in bathrobe & slippered feet
on the 6th of December
in the sun
on this beleaguered Anniversary
of the 1989 Montreal Massacre*
having just begun
My Painting
titled “I Have Poured Out M(EYE) Black Heart”
* On December 6, 1989, fourteen female engineering students were gunned down, another ten women and four men injured, at Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal, Quebec. The massacre was carried out single handedly by Marc Lepine who claimed he “hated feminists.” He killed himself with the final shot.
The Hawk Kitchen 5:06pm
EYE have A Star
on M(EYE) Kitchen Floor
— I will not sweep It up!
I will let It twinkle
@ M(EYE) Feet
& Love The Domain
Eye see beneath
The Hawk Kitchen 12:30pm
Thank You, little
oven clock
lifting My Spirit
with Your Skewed Time
I catch You
whenever I can
when You catch Me
with The Magic
of M(EYE) Numbers
You remind Me
of Pre-destiny
and EYE am eternally grateful
The Hawk Window Seat 9:05am
EYE can see
The Silver
from My Bedroom Window
as look out
from My Window Seat
the tub is running
for My Doctor/Husband
My Dress Up Doll
I am drinking coffee
watching The World
come undone
The Tomato-coloured Couch 9:45am
Armed with My Arsenal
of X-Miss Tree ornaments
— 13 silver birds from Wilson’s —
— black balls from Walmart —
EYE spent twelve hours
trimming
& having fun
to complete My Play
from a table pedestal up
rooted
to The Silver Star strung
from The Cathedral Ceiling
suspended
The Hawk Deck 4:56pm
That beautiful rose light
is hovering over the ocean
I am waiting for The Moon
to rise —
M(EYE) Tree is up
— yet to be trimmed —
in honour of My Mother’s
Birthday, which
once every seven years or so
coincides
with American Thanksgiving
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 4:11pm
Bow-sawed and dragged
from The Scrub Spruce Forest Bog
I got M(EYE) Tree
but It wouldn’t fit
down the hall
to Come To Life
in The TV Room —
It’s laying on The Hawk Living Room Floor
dead as a doornail
& I had a Devil of a Time
getting It in
— severed one limb —
so far The Cats
are ignoring It
Spanish Moss & all
Joanna Gilman Hyde 