Joanna Gilman Hyde

The Hawk Portico 5:00pm

Boy am I glad I got

My Canadian Citizenship

— at first I thought

I had to relinquish My American

but I didn’t —

so I got My Canadian in 1995

I call My Self a Dual Citizen

Born American

Canadian By Choice

and as a Canadian, under

the provisions of the Citizen Act and,

as such, [am] entitled to all the rights

and privileges and [am] subject

to all the duties and responsibilities

of a Canadian Citizen