Joanna Gilman Hyde

I spied a pregnant woman

out behind Dr Blair’s office–

I was in My Car

in The Shade

an hour from My Pregnancy Test

which was negative

–

Dressed in Black & Red

She Shaded Her Eyes

& looked up at The Elm

where I married Dr Blair

in a ceremony

I care not to remember:

My Father

assigned to “give Me away”

called up the apartment stairs

for Me to hurry

and reluctantly doled out punch

while I sat

beside My Cake