Joanna Gilman Hyde

"Good Morning, World!"

MY HUSBAND

The Tomato-coloured Couch 9:05pm

My Husband is

a very brave man

He answers to The Call

of sirens

vessels of the night

loading & unloading

the dead & ailing

He rests by the sides

of widows

& talks with His Blue Eyes

MY NEW JOB

The Tomato-coloured Couch 8:15pm

I drive My Little Ford Fusion

fuelled by McDonald’s decaf

& a steady flow of Joy Division

over sea-side roads

taking Me on office errands

wherein I am one of the fanciers

of Our Provincial Health Care

Loonie*

 

*Canadian equivalent of the dollar