“I Want To Be A Famous Artist Living In Nova Scotia”
by Joanna Gilman Hyde
The Tomato-coloured Couch 2:00pm
I have painted
giant canvases
spread My Self across
the geography of Canada
written volumes of poetry
married twice
to capable men
carried My 2.4 Children
I live now in a house
of My Own Choosing
I am The Artist In Residence
in painted-on jeans
with tea steeping
in My Kitchen
Joanna Gilman Hyde 
2.4 children?? Is there a meaning to this I can’t comprehend?
Very unfortunately in my first marriage I had an abortion against my will.
Oh! Sorry to hear that. I apologize for being so blunt with the question.
Well somebody had to ask sooner or later. You have the honour — and I don’t mind discussing it if necessary.
I have written about it in my blog, though not recently.