Eliza’s Room 7:30am
The Waves are subtle
from Eliza’s Room —
even the birds seem quiet
and I didn’t hear the crowing
of a neighbouring rooster
I saw yesterday
on My Way to The Guzzle —
I saw Him with His fine teal tail
and about four red hens
the next road over
from where I could see
the back of My House
and the new window
for where I sleep
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 9:28am
EYE have The Purity
of a dream —
like The Tears I Shed
on The Shoulder
of a grieving widow —
like The Silver Line
of wake behind
a fishing boat
along My Shimmering Ocean —
loved
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 7:54am
A funny thing happened
this morning when I woke
at dawn:
I thought I was in Hunter’s Bed
& thought immediately of moving
into Eliza’s
when I realized I was
already there
*My Blog is Four Years Old
The Tomato-coloured Couch 2:00pm
Today I watched
a Universe drift through
My House — It started —
if I can use that phrase —
under a table in The Living Room
which displays The Heads of Hunter & Rudy*
and when I opened the front door
to let a cat in
(She changed Her Mind)
The Universe swept Its Self through
My Dining Room
and into The Kitchen
to roll to a stop
helices intact
string theories in place
at My Grandmother’s wrought iron chair
where I sit
to look out
*Rudy died on Tuesday, April 26th. He never got to see the sculpture.
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 10:05am
At Jordan Bay
My Grandmother
always watched The Ocean
dazzling —
She would tell Me
about The Diamonds
and Stars
and She would
allow Me to
relish Them and to
revel in Them
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 9:34pm
M(EYE) BODY STAR
is a diamond
M(EYE) BIRTH STONE
with one line of radiating silver
out from each of four points
M(EYE) BODY STAR
is hard and dark
ten and a half feet high
not yet signed
while specks of glitter
silver and black
follow Me around
M(EYE) HOUSE
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 7:05pm
I have M(EYE) BODY
figured out —
after a blood red flood
(it was blood after-all)
I have the beginning of a star
in the center
& black drips adding action
along three of four sides
The Format is vertical
eleven feet high
The Star will be configured
according to
M(EYE) MIND
The Hawk Kitchen Sink 5:02pm
Into a cauldron
of an old half gallon
of “Deliciously Hot 2E1-8 F122”
I stirred all the reds
& purples I had from years ago
diluted with several sour cream containers
of water:
old tubes of Dioxine Purple
Permanent Alizarian Crimson
Cadmium Red Hue
Permanent Magenta
Permanent Rose —
I was going for Blood
but what I got
is Female Genitalia
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 7:49pm
The Cry of The Gull
tells Me where I am
where I want to be
beside The Ocean
in a house I love
with cats I love
and A Husband
I am grateful for
in The Morning
The Hawk Queen Bed 8:15am
In the glittering light
of last night’s full moon
I signed My Painting
Aquatic Foliage
naked but for My
Most Expensive Earrings
My One Concession
to symbolism
I signed My Initials
& those of My True Love
in Silver Glitter
and so as the painting
is erected in the exercise room
I will be rowing
along side
its other-worldly
dimensions
*Gregory Mannarino, Financial Analyst and Doctor
Joanna Gilman Hyde 