Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

“All The Time In The World”

The Tomato-coloured Couch 6:30pm

How valuable is My Time

when I have so much of It?

I can get a call

from My Son stocking groceries for His Drive

to Mexico from Vancouver

while I linger in Nova Scotia

with My Shopping Cart in the snack isle

of Sobey’s

an hour before My Manicure Appt.

taking all the time I need

to say Good-bye

A DREAM OF RED

The Hawk Queen Bed 9:03am

I dreamt I was dressed

in a Santa Claus dress

inside a forum of people —

I had the floor

and addressed the crowd

by emphatically stating

“It’s OK for adults to dress up

but Children should never  be

lied to.”