Joanna Gilman Hyde

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Tag: Public Artist

THE FAVOURITE ROOM

The Hawk Wast Desk Window 1:22pm

My Ex-husband has a room

He built

above a garage

for neighbours I haven’t met

He calls it His Favourite Room

He took Me up there today

to look for Hunter’s Lost Pet

— I knew She wouldn’t be there —

in that perfect

extra

bedroom

of oiled wood

skylights

and

pastel paint

Do I

have to

work

guilt

in here

somewhere?

HOME

Pubnico, NS 10:22am

I am driving Home

A New Message

there — I see that tree I remember

I climbed It as a little kid

& now It is The Mighty Oak

Out There I See The Ocean

with tidal flats before

I hear The Waves

high under The Full Moon

pushing Me onward

to The Self

I think I know

so well

FEMININE FORMAT

The Tomato-coloured Couch 5:00pm

I Am Waiting

For The Impregnation

Of My Idea

For My Concept

To Be Opened Up

Sunk Into

& Savoured

For All Its Worth

COCOON

The Hawk Kitchen 8:00pm

I Am The White Jesus

Arms Held In

Across My Chest

In A White Sweatshirt

White Shorts

White Underwear

My Old Psychiatrist

Warned Me About

Dressing Like Christ

— I Can If I Want —

Especially In My Own

Kitchen

With A View

To The Neighbours’

With Their White

Car From The 50’s

In Their Back Yard

SOBEY’S

The Tomato-coloured Couch 12:45pm

Sobey’s is a home-grown grocery operation

with A Parking Lot

as one of the most innocent

& unassuming

public spaces

in existence

(at least around here)

Unsuspecting Shoppers

push Their Full Carts to Their Cars

push Empty Carts back

to The Cart Corral

Which says “In The Event

of An Emergency

Gather Here”

What is Sobey’s 

preparing

for?

CROWD-PLEASING CHANT

The Hawk Queen Bed 10:22pm

WHO IS GOD?

We Are God

WHAT IS GOD?

We Are God

WHERE IS GOD?

Here Is God

WHERE?

Here!

WHERE?

Here!!

WHERE?!

Hear!!!

WINDOWS ON THE WORLD

The Hawk Deck 11:35am

“We know that Two Planes

ran into The World Trade Center —

what else is true

We do not know”*

— overtaken by My Father

lumbering up the stairs

to My Shower

squishing used bars of soap together

His Noxema & Sensodyne

were not so innocent —

but That was only His Ghost

telling Me He was in cahoots

with The Muslims

in Riyadh

when He lived over there

for 25 years

before having lunch @ Windows On The World

with Guy Tozzoli & Me

where no mention whatsoever

was made of My

Galactic Bullseye

*quote from WHB

LLBEAN LADIES WHITE LINEN SHIRT

The Hawk TV Room 7:39pm

Sitting in The Director’s Chair

Dark Brown Leather

Simon Chang Dark Grey Pants

Leather Josef Seibel Shoes

White Socks, White Underwear

Nude Victoria’s Secret Bra 36B

Esty Endless Swirl Stirling Bangle, Left Wrist

Boluva Ladies Open Heart Watch, Right

Birks Diamond, Gold, Platinum Wedding

& Engagement Rings, Left Ring Finger

Birks Quartz Crystal Gold & Diamond Question Mark Ring —

Right Middle Finger

I’m Ready for Hackers

Stalkers

Terrorists

The American Government

2,222 VIRAL SPIRAL VIEWS

The Hawk Kitchen 8:53am

I Am Waking

To A Pool Of Silver

Outside My Kitchen Window

The Clouds Are Stratus

The Sun Is Bold

High & White

Feeding Me

As I Sit Illuminated

Upon My Kitchen Chair

THE HAWK MUSKRAT POND

April 5th, The Hawk West Desk Window 10:50pm

Tonight I Hear The Peepers First

A Sound I Hold So Dear

Heralding My Spring To Me

Allaying All I Fear

Such As Death

So Near To Me

I Read Of Just That Fate

For One Guy F. Tozzoli In New York

Who Permitted Me To Paint