PORTRAIT OF CONSUMERISM

by Joanna Gilman Hyde

Super Store, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

From Super Store Bathroom Stall

to a toddler:

“Yes, We bought lots —

for Josie, Mom & Dad —

so We won’t run out”

–

By The Dressing Room

beyond open cartons from China & Cambodia

to a little girl showing off Her Dress:

“Yes, that’s a beautiful dress —

hold onto Your Balloon!”

–

On The Deck of Rudder’s:

3 burly fishermen

w/ 2 skinny Japanese fish buyers

& One Gull

Who landed on a table

behind Eliza —

My Seventeen-year-old Daughter

Who rode to Yarmouth

with the latest Vogue

open on Her Lap

–

I came home with a Solid Gold

floor mat

for My Kitchen