The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 7:37am
The Sun is somewhere
behind The Fog
I see the murky Silver
of sky and sea
I see The Price
of Gigantic Bars
fluctuating on
My Computer
Screen
The Hawk West Desk Window 11:49am
While putting back the layers
of My Clothes
on the back of My Chair
I found A Green Star
laid against the back
of My Mrs Blair Sweat Suit Top
— A Christmas Tree Star?
How in God’s Name
did It come into view?
Into My Star Box It Goes
The Hawk West Desk Window 5:25pm
I learned the word “Sanctuary”
from My Mother
Who had it written
on a weathered shingle
nailed to a tree along
the trail We blazed
to The North East Bluff
of McNutt’s Island —
She wrote a passage below
that word, which,
if My Brother were alive
He would remember
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:56am
I see the waves breaking
out past My Neighbour’s Barn
The Sky is grey
and I can hear
The Hawk Beach Waves
when I open the kitchen door
to let out a cat
The Tomato-coloured Couch 2:22pm
After unpacking the 3-day weekend contents
of My 20 Million Meter Sports Bag
used for the first time
I put on an orange plastic
Party Bracelet
packed but never worn
and watched It make rainbows
on the toilet seat cover
when I threw away
a clump of cat hair
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 7:51am
I see The Silver Streaks
again
across My Silver Sea
I see The Halos of Light
again
throughout My Lashes
framing My Sight
and signifying
The Day of Good
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 1:14pm
EYE am a single
Love Bird
housed in a beautiful cage
without Its Mate
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 8:12am
I stand in The Warmth
of Silver Sun Light
beaming through My Window —
last night We fought —
or I did —
but got up for coffee
anyway —
and anyway
I’m all right
The Hawk Kitchen Outpost 10:51am
EYE just hit
22 minutes & 22 seconds
on M(EYE) C2
& have come up
to The Hawk Kitchen Outpost
to see M(EYE) Sea
struck in Silver
YAY!!!
Joanna Gilman Hyde 