Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

MY NURSE

August 17, 2013 Highway 103, NS 4:47pm

There was a delicious dark haired Nurse

in The Old Nova Scotia Hospital

Who worked as I was admitted

on My Way to becoming psychotic

but not psychotic enough not to notice

Her Petite Stature, Shapely Hips

& Small Firm Breasts

accompanied by Her Accented “t’s”

from Cape Breton —

when I told Her behind The Desk

“You are very seductive –”

She quickly looked down around Her

& grabbed at Her Self

in a desperate sort of way

& I felt a momentary pang

of guilt

CEREMONY

August 17, 2013 Highway 103 NS 4:32pm

We are Our Respective Cells

on homing instinct

still in party clothes

from a High Anglican Wedding

complete with incense and bells

The Bride was beautiful

The Groom long & lean

on Their Ways to PhD’s at Cambridge

after Honeymooning in Cape Breton

WHB

August 16, 2013 The Atlantica, Halifax NS 6:40pm

I have a beautiful Man

Silver-haired

bare-chested in My King-size Bed

playing with His Tablet

while Room Service

brings Me 20 ounces of Stella Artois

& tries not to look

ACCOMMODATING GHOSTS*

August 16, 2013 The Atlantica, Halifax NS 6:30pm

Walking past the fenced-in grave yard

in the dead-centre of town

I smelled the distinct smell of pot

wafting through the tombstones

& lush vegetation

I heard a precise “Fuck You”

& kept walking

After buying this hand-made journal

I passed a seated smoking figure

Female — heaving silhouetted

smoke straight out in front of Her

in the direction of a Comrade

Who parked His Car

& asked for a light

*title from My Mother who wrote a short story by this title about “Them Old Fellers” in the house on McNutt Island