Joanna Gilman Hyde

The Tomato-coloured Couch 5:40pm

I saw My DVD today

& had a mild heart attack

–He was was with His Wife

I was with My Man

walking into Sobey’s

I turned around

& ran for the car

parked next to the sign

“In The Event of An Emergency

Gather Here”

My Husband had to drive Me home

a babbling basket case

possibly unable

to make

Beef Stroganoff

the ingredients of which

I bought in The Little Store

in Clark’s Harbour