The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:29pm
First & Foremost I am
A Human Being —
I come from the planet Earth
where I made My Self
from the mesh of molten rock
& the salt from endless waves.
I came to My Human Form
through My Mother, primarily
though My Father
gave Her Lie-sense.
I was born into a world
of tumult
@ The Exact Right Time
to become what I am Today:
A Woman Understood
The Hawk Queen Bed 7:36pm
“Where do you find truth?”
he asked just as she walked into
her living room
— she thought she might
make a poem
out of this
but was too
tired
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 9:22am
A Beam Of Silver
Strikes The Ocean
Beyond Our Neighbours’ Yellow House
“And The Reason Is You”
Strikes Me From The Radio
The Hawk Dining Room 7:56am
The Sun Streams
Its Way Down
To The Ocean
In Trapezoidal Sections
Through The Mottled
Water-colour Sky
The Hawk Queen Bed 8:47am
By The Power
Vested In Me
By The Shower Of Silver Lights
I Am The God
With VOICE
& I Am Speaking
To The World
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 3:04pm
EYE AM SWEET
Jesus
in M(EYE) BRAND NEW
BULLET-PROOF VEST
over
My Black Negligee
over
My Black Lace Bra
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 3:40pm
Today Is A Great Day —
I am dressed in My Daughter’s Clothes
& I have seen The Sacred Picture
of A Woman Beaming
with Her Arm around The Waist
of The Love of Her Life
The Hawk Outpost 8:15pm
EYE
have fake EYE lashes
&
EYE
am That Woman
Who hammered Her Right Fist
against a steel door
one night until Her Watch Band
popped —
Yes, I am That Woman
Who sat in a Lotus Position
on a mattress
on a floor
in the dimly lit
“Therapeutic Quiet Room”
while a female psychiatrist
from India
popped Her Head
through
the door
Joanna Gilman Hyde 