CONSUMPTION
by Joanna Gilman Hyde
During My Brother’s Fatality Inquiry
I bought a silk dress suit
—Armani size 8 made in Italy–
–It Was The Colour Of Moonlight–
I thought a Doctor’s Wife
should have Such A Suit:
I paid Today’s Value
of 30 Silver Maple Leafs
& gained 5 pounds
Joanna Gilman Hyde 
Ah! The Maple Leafs would still be worth the same (and soon much more), but the dress………
Still I understand the thinking as I cast my mind back to that Inquiry time. It all seems so unreal now.
“It Was The Colour Of Moonlight”